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Africa > Zimbabwe > Military

ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -2 [75th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 40,000 [75th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 23,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [54th of 100]
Branches
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police
Conscription
No conscription.
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 10.03 % Time series [20th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 3.41 % Time series [22nd of 145]
Expenditures 3.8 % of GDP Time series [18th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $217,000,000.00 Time series [31st of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 3,048,049 Time series [61st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 3,264,258 Time series [65th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 3,236,040 [65th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 3,285,007 Time series [65th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 2,033,978 Time series [66th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 144,601 Time series [67th of 226]
personnel 51,000 Time series [71st of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.89 % Time series [89th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-24 years of age for compulsory military service; women are eligible to serve
US military exports $541.00 thousand [55th of 109]
Weapon holdings 554,000 [81st 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: Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe

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