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| NICARAGUAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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-75 |
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[130th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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16,000 |
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[98th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[88th of 100]
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Branches
National Army of Nicaragua (ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) |
Conscription
No conscription (NISBCO). |
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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3.27 %
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[57th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.69 %
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[105th of 145]
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Expenditures
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0.6 % of GDP |
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[75th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$32,800,000.00 |
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[66th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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1,507,999 |
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[98th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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1,513,312 |
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[105th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,347,030 |
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[108th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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72,689 |
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[89th of 226]
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personnel
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14,000
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[115th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.73 %
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[101st of 168]
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Service age and obligation
17 years of age for voluntary military service; tour of duty 18-36 months |
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Tanks
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200 tanks |
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[22nd of 22]
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US military exports
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$57.00 thousand |
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[98th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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481,000 |
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[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; 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; 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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