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Africa > Burkina Faso > Military

BURKINABE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 70 [28th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 7,000 [123rd of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 19,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [59th of 100]
Branches
Army, Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso, FABF), National Gendarmerie
Conscription
No military conscription (AI).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 12.58 % Time series [14th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.47 % Time series [66th of 145]
Expenditures 1.2 % of GDP Time series [61st of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $64,200,000.00 Time series [53rd of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Males 3,364,288 Time series [64th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,957,710 [67th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 3,047,306 Time series [67th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 2,115,948 Time series [67th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,552,212 Time series [78th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 176,358 Time series [56th of 226]
personnel 11,250 Time series [126th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.19 % Time series [151st of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 20 years of age for voluntary military service
US military exports $1.00 thousand [107th of 109]
Weapon holdings 119,000 [111st 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); 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: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta

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