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Central America and the Caribbean > Nicaragua > Military

NICARAGUAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -75 [130th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 16,000 [98th of 166]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription (NISBCO).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 3.27 % ... [57th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.69 % ... [105th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 565000000 ...
Expenditures > Dollar figure $26,000,000.00 [143rd of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.6 % [155th of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,347,030 [108th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 825,906 [113rd of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 [111st of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 59,903 [83rd of 128]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 65,170 [77th of 157]
personnel 14,000 ... [115th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.73 % ... [101st of 168]
Service age and obligation
17 years of age for voluntary military service; tour of duty 18-36 months (2007)
Tanks 200 tanks [22nd of 22]
US military exports $57.00 thousand [98th of 109]
Weapon holdings 481,000 [86th 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; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; 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); World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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