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Armed forces personnel
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9,000 |
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[109th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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13,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[68th of 100]
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Branches
Namibian Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Wing |
Conscription
Conscription exists in law (AI). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$53,000,000.00 |
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[45th of 85]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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8.48 %
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[29th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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3.05 %
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[19th of 145]
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Expenditures
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3.7 % of GDP |
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[19th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$168,400,000.00 |
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[39th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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527,948 |
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[140th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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459,474 |
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[143rd of 175]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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468,934 |
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[142nd of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
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313,497 |
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[141st of 210]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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279,755 |
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[141st of 174]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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25,525 |
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[141st of 226]
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personnel
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15,000
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[114th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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2.32 %
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[29th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription |
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US military exports
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$662.00 thousand |
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[50th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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89,000 |
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[116th of 137]
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SOURCES: 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:
Namibia, Republic of Namibia
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