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