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Air force personnel
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15,000 |
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[22nd of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-10 |
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[83rd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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115,000 |
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[37th of 166]
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Army personnel
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85,000 |
|
[26th of 49]
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Branches
Army of Peru (Ejercito Peruano), Navy of Peru (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and Coast Guard)), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) |
Conscription
Conscription exists. |
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Conventional arms exports
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$5,000,000.00 |
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[33rd of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$14,000,000.00 |
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[66th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.25 %
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[77th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$829,300,000.00 |
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[33rd of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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7,510,880 |
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[38th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 years of age |
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Navy personnel
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25,000 |
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[19th of 49]
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Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
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1980 |
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|
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personnel
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157,000
|
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[42nd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.18 %
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[72nd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier > National examples > Description
It contains the remains of a soldier who died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific. |
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US military exports
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$3,166.00 thousand |
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[33rd of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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948,000 |
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[66th of 137]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts
; Wikipedia: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Peru, Republic of Peru, Republica del Peru
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