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Africa > Tunisia > Military

TUNISIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 71 [71st of 132]
Armed forces personnel 80 [80th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 30 constant 1990 US$ ... [30th of 100]
Branches
Army, Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2007)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 23 SEP 2004
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 16 OCT 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists.
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 33 % ... [33rd of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 65 % ... [65th of 145]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $79.00 [79th of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 117 % [117th of 171]
Iraqi insurgency > Foreign fighter nationality distribution > Sorted alphabeticallyality 7 [7th of 25]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 68 [68th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 76 [76th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 11 [11th of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 60 [60th of 128]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 60 [60th of 157]
Service age and obligation
20 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2006)
US military exports $26.00 thousand [26th of 109]
Weapon holdings 79 [79th of 137]

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SOURCES: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.; Total armed forces (2000); Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.; The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces ; ; A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.; Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.); Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies; Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP). ; The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.; The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.; The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.; The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.; This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. ; This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation. ; U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars);

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tunisia, Tunisian Republic, Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah, Tunis

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