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Armed forces growth
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0 |
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[69th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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2,000 |
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[139th of 166]
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DEFINITION: Total armed forces (2000) |
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SOURCE: 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 |
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[80th of 100]
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DEFINITION: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. |
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SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
Branches National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing, Air Wing) |
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DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Conscription No conscription (FWCC) |
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DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Expenditures
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0.6 % of GDP |
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[73rd of 87]
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SOURCE: 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) |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$7,500,000.00 |
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[106th of 111]
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DEFINITION: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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0.6% |
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[85th of 154]
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DEFINITION: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP). |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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130,243 |
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[147th of 162]
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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130,534 |
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[162nd of 210]
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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123,159 |
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[160th of 175]
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DEFINITION: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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124,260 |
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[160th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Females
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109,666 |
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[146th of 162]
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
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105,770 |
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[160th of 210]
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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72,576 |
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[160th of 174]
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DEFINITION: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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4,329 |
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[171st of 226]
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DEFINITION: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel
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2,000
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[149th of 170]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.31 %
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[59th of 168]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Service age and obligation 18 years of age (est.); recruitment is voluntary, with personnel drawn almost exclusively from the Creole community |
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DEFINITION: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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US military exports
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$85.00 thousand |
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[95th of 109]
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DEFINITION: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars) |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |