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| PARAGUAYAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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40 |
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[38th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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20,000 |
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[95th 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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[78th of 100]
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Branches
Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Marine Corps, General Naval Prefecture), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP) |
Conscription
Conscription exists. |
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Conventional arms imports
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$4,000,000.00 |
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[82nd of 85]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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4.51 %
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[42nd of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.75 %
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[100th of 145]
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Expenditures
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1 % of GDP |
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[63rd of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$53,100,000.00 |
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[56th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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1,585,573 |
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[95th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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1,589,873 |
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[103rd of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,465,780 |
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[103rd of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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72,109 |
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[90th of 226]
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personnel
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25,000
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[94th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.91 %
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[88th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy |
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US military exports
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$712.00 thousand |
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[47th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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71,000 |
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[122nd 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Paraguay, Republic of Paraguay, Republica del Paraguay
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