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Africa > Sierra Leone > Military

SIERRA LEONEAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -3 [78th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 3,000 [135th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 13,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [71st of 100]
Branches
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army (includes Navy (Maritime Wing), Air Wing)
Conscription
There is no conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 5.12 % Time series [51st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.12 % Time series [86th of 145]
Expenditures 2.3 % of GDP Time series [38th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $13,200,000.00 Time series [76th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,315,561 Time series [111st of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,228,660 [115th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,265,140 Time series [113rd of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 671,418 Time series [130th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 614,338 Time series [126th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 70,068 Time series [91st of 226]
personnel 13,000 Time series [116th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.55 % Time series [115th of 168]
Service age and obligation
17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription
US military exports $15.00 thousand [102nd of 109]
Weapon holdings 3,000 [137th 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: Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone

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