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Africa > Rwanda > Military

RWANDAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 1,246 [1st of 132]
Armed forces personnel 70,000 [50th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 14,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [64th of 100]
Branches
Rwandan Defense Forces: Army, Air Force
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 29.17 % Time series [5th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.17 % Time series [35th of 145]
Expenditures 2.9 % of GDP Time series [25th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $50,100,000.00 Time series [57th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,392,933 Time series [73rd of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 2,430,469 Time series [80th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,932,640 [91st of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,973,713 Time series [90th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,004,296 Time series [101st of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 111,791 Time series [73rd of 226]
personnel 53,000 Time series [69th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.27 % Time series [60th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
US military exports $378.00 thousand [67th of 109]
Weapon holdings 107,000 [114th 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; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Rwanda, Rwandese Republic, Republika y'u Rwanda

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ANDREW
21st September 2009 		I can not tell from this data if the military is modern and developed or not.
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