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| VENEZUELAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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14 |
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[57th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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56,000 |
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[63rd of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[71st of 100]
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Branches
National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacionale, FAN): Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada; includes Marines, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (NISBCO). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$1,000,000.00 |
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[39th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$12,000,000.00 |
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[69th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.14 %
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[83rd of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.2 % of GDP |
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[61st of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$1,687,000,000.00 |
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[15th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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6,801,133 |
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[40th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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6,647,124 |
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[44th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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6,767,860 |
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[41st of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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275,323 |
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[41st of 226]
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personnel
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82,000
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[59th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.64 %
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[107th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 30-month conscript service obligation - all citizens 18-50 years old are obligated to register for military service |
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US military exports
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$69,975.00 thousand |
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[12th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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855,000 |
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[70th 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; 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:
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB
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