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Southeast Asia > Singapore > Military

SINGAPORE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 10 [60th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 60,000 [57th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 423,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [15th of 100]
Branches
Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (includes Air Defense)
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
Conventional arms exports $70,000,000.00 [18th of 40]
Conventional arms imports $456,000,000.00 [9th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 30.47 % Time series [1st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 4.68 % Time series [7th of 145]
Expenditures 4.9 % of GDP Time series [8th of 87]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,277,862 Time series [112nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,392,740 [105th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,292,471 Time series [110th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 934,317 Time series [107th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 27,742 Time series [135th of 226]
personnel 167,000 Time series [39th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 7.54 % Time series [3rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers)
US military exports $239,256.00 thousand [7th of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,617,000 [47th 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; 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: Singapore, Republic of Singapore

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