FACTOID # 3: The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.
 
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Africa > Uganda > Military

UGANDAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 150 [10th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 50,000 [70th of 166]
Conscription
No conscription.
Conventional arms imports $19,000,000.00 [60th of 85]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.45 % ... [39th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 323500000000 ...
Expenditures > Dollar figure $124,700,000.00 [103rd of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.2 % [74th of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 5,476,610 [49th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 2,974,260 [53rd of 174]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 4,855,858 [31st of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 5,012,620 [33rd of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 2,780,135 [36th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 2,889,808 [37th of 161]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1987
personnel 47,000 ... [76th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.4 % ... [132nd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty; the government has stated that recruitment below that age could occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"
US military exports $736.00 thousand [46th of 109]
Weapon holdings 286,000 [95th 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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uganda, Republic of Uganda

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