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Africa > Tanzania > Military

TANZANIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 5,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [76th of 100]
Branches
Tanzanian People's Defense Force (Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing (includes Coast Guard), Air Defense Command (includes Air Wing), National Service
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC).
expenditure > % of GDP 1.07 % Time series [87th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 146380500000 Time series
Expenditures 0.2 % of GDP Time series [74th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $20,600,000.00 Time series [72nd of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.6% Time series [57th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Males 9,108,177 Time series [35th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 8,477,190 [35th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 8,687,477 Time series [35th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 5,278,833 Time series [43rd of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 5,031,621 Time series [37th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 478,812 Time series [22nd of 226]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 7,422,869 [25th of 164]
personnel 28,000 Time series [91st of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.14 % Time series [154th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service
US military exports $201.00 thousand [83rd of 109]
Weapon holdings 387,000 [89th of 137]

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SOURCES: 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania, united rep. of tanzania, Tanzania, U. Rep. of

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