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| URUGUAYAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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3,000 |
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[40th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-26 |
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[96th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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24,000 |
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[90th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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18,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[60th of 100]
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Army personnel
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17,600 |
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[40th of 49]
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Branches
Uruguayan Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito), Navy (Armada Nacional; includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) |
Conscription
No conscription (NISBCO). |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.37 %
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[72nd of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.6 % of GDP |
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[49th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$257,500,000.00 |
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[28th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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824,096 |
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[123rd of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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837,252 |
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[132nd of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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831,297 |
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[129th of 175]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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27,082 |
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[137th of 226]
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Navy personnel
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5,000 |
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[34th of 49]
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personnel
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24,920
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[95th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.42 %
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[54th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies |
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US military exports
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$1,500.00 thousand |
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[36th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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310,000 |
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[94th of 137]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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:
Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay
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