|
|
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Armed forces growth
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100 |
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[18th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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50,000 |
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[69th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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32,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[53rd of 100]
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Branches
Nepalese Army, Armed Police Force |
Conscription
No conscription. |
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Conventional arms imports
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$32,000,000.00 |
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[50th of 85]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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11.84 %
|
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[17th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.97 %
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[41st of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.6 % of GDP |
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[50th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$99,200,000.00 |
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[50th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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6,859,064 |
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[38th of 162]
|
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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7,322,965 |
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[42nd of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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6,674,010 |
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[42nd of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 years of age |
|
|
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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335,747 |
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[35th of 226]
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personnel
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131,000
|
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[46th of 170]
|
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.25 %
|
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[61st of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for military training; no conscription |
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US military exports
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$272.00 thousand |
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[77th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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14,000 |
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[132nd of 137]
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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal
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