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South America > Uruguay > Military

URUGUAYAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 3,000 [40th of 49]
Armed forces growth -26 [96th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 24,000 [90th of 166]
Army personnel 17,600 [40th of 49]
Conscription
No conscription (NISBCO).
expenditure > current LCU 5629000000 ...
Expenditures > Dollar figure $250,000,000.00 [83rd of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.6 % [101st of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 831,297 [129th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 672,030 [123rd of 174]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 760,341 [83rd of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 764,408 [91st of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 631,046 [80th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 637,445 [87th of 161]
Navy personnel 5,000 [34th of 49]
personnel 24,920 ... [95th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.42 % ... [54th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service (2001)
US military exports $1,500.00 thousand [36th of 109]
Weapon holdings 310,000 [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; 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); World Development Indicators database; 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: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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