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South America > Suriname > Military

SURINAMESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 0 [69th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 2,000 [139th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 6,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [80th of 100]
Branches
National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing, Air Wing)
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC)
Expenditures 0.6 % of GDP Time series [73rd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $7,500,000.00 Time series [106th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.6% Time series [85th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 130,243 Time series [147th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 130,534 Time series [162nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 123,159 [160th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 124,260 Time series [160th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 109,666 Time series [146th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 105,770 Time series [160th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 72,576 Time series [160th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 4,329 Time series [171st of 226]
personnel 2,000 Time series [149th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.31 % Time series [59th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age (est.); recruitment is voluntary, with personnel drawn almost exclusively from the Creole community
US military exports $85.00 thousand [95th of 109]

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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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname, surinam

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