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Central America and the Caribbean > Barbados > Military

BARBADIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -40 [111st of 132]
Armed forces personnel 1,000 [144th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 3.5859 per 1,000 people [79th of 166]
Branches
Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 2.3 % Time series [81st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.87 % Time series [119th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 46880000 Time series
Expenditures 0.5 % of GDP Time series [80th of 87]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.5% Time series [93rd of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 75,389 Time series [154th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 75,265 Time series [172nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 77,862 [168th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 77,714 Time series [168th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.289 per capita Time series [23rd of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 279.205 per 1,000 people [22nd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 58,143 Time series [153rd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 58,556 Time series [170th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 53,127 Time series [166th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 53,282 [167th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.198 per capita Time series [55th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 191.064 per 1,000 people [62nd of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 2,155 Time series [183rd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 7.643 per 1,000 people Time series [154th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 2,157 Time series [184th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 7.65 per 1,000 people Time series [160th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 72,302 [113rd of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.257 per capita [10th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 71,524 [131st of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.255 per capita [24th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 54,889 [111st of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.195 per capita [26th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 54,510 [129th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.194 per capita [31st of 161]
Note
the Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is to defend the island against external aggression; the Command consists of a single, part-time battalion with a small regular cadre that is deployed throughout the island; it increasingly supports the police in patrolling the coastline to prevent smuggling and other illicit activities
personnel 610 Time series [159th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 2.263 per 1,000 people Time series [122nd of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.39 % Time series [134th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger requires parental consent); no conscription
US military exports $609.00 thousand [52nd of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $2.18 thousand per 1,000 peopl [21st of 109]

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; 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); 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

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