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Oceania > Papua New Guinea > Military

PAPUA NEW GUINEAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 38 [40th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 4,000 [133rd of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 12,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [73rd of 100]
Branches
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element)
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 2.57 % Time series [77th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.53 % Time series [111st of 145]
Expenditures 1.4 % of GDP Time series [52nd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $16,900,000.00 Time series [94th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,385,040 Time series [101st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,481,417 Time series [106th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,370,420 [107th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,403,467 Time series [106th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,080,466 Time series [105th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 775,064 Time series [118th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 62,865 Time series [100th of 226]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1984
personnel 3,000 Time series [148th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.12 % Time series [155th of 168]
Service age and obligation
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription

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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; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, new guinea, papua n.g.

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Carys Morgans
19th October 2009 		Do you have any policy statements on what Papua New Guinea thinks about nuclear disarmament and racism?
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