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Central America and the Caribbean > Panama > Military

PANAMANIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces personnel 0 [160th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 12,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [72nd of 100]
Branches
no regular military forces; Panamanian Public Forces or PPF includes the Panamanian National Police (PNP), National Maritime Service (NMS), and National Air Service (NAS)
Conscription
Conscription exists.
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 4.57 % Time series [53rd of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.97 % Time series [114th of 145]
Expenditures 1 % of GDP Time series [65th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $147,000,000.00 Time series [41st of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1% Time series [76th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Males 851,044 Time series [130th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 797,456 [130th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 810,341 Time series [131st of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 673,103 Time series [129th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 553,422 Time series [127th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 31,042 Time series [127th of 226]
Note
on 10 February 1990, the government of then President ENDARA abolished Panama's military and reformed the security apparatus by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force but allowing the temporary establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external aggression"
personnel 12,000 Time series [122nd of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.82 % Time series [92nd of 168]
US deployment 0.5%
US military exports $282.00 thousand [76th of 109]

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SOURCES: 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

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

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