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Central America and the Caribbean > Trinidad and Tobago > Military

TRINIDADIAN-TOBAGONIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 29 [48th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 3,000 [136th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [92nd of 100]
Branches
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF): Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, Coast Guard, Air Guard
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 1.79 % Time series [56th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.45 % Time series [140th of 145]
Expenditures 0.3 % of GDP Time series [85th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $66,700,000.00 Time series [67th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 264,225 Time series [139th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 301,561 Time series [151st of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 327,823 [148th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 326,447 Time series [149th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 215,310 Time series [149th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 232,234 Time series [144th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 8,671 Time series [155th of 226]
personnel 3,000 Time series [145th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.48 % Time series [122nd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service (16 years of age with parental consent); no conscription
US military exports $762.00 thousand [45th of 109]

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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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad & tobago, trinidad tobago, trin. and tob.

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