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South America > Bolivia > Military

BOLIVIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 4,000 [37th of 49]
    Air force personnel (per capita) 0.045 per 100 population [28th of 49]
Armed forces growth 18 [53rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 32,000 [81st of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 3.61255 per 1,000 people [77th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 9,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [68th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.98 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [60th of 170]
Army personnel 25,000 [38th of 49]
    Army personnel (per capita) 2.82231 per 1,000 people [25th of 49]
Branches
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 04 OCT 1999
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI and NISBCO).
Conventional arms imports $1,000,000.00 [83rd of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) 0.045 per $1,000 [80th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per capita) 0.113 per 1 population [84th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 7.13 % Time series [22nd of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.89 % Time series [44th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 1426000000 Time series
Expenditures 1.9 % of GDP Time series [43rd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $132,200,000.00 Time series [42nd of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $15.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [46th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $14.67 per capita Time series [44th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.9% Time series [48th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,366,828 Time series [74th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 2,295,746 Time series [84th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,118,910 [84th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,175,384 Time series [84th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.241 per capita Time series [127th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 239.208 per 1,000 people [118th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 1,815,514 Time series [72nd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,600,219 Time series [83rd of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,417,804 Time series [83rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,380,880 [84th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.157 per capita Time series [107th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 155.891 per 1,000 people [105th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 19 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 103,620 Time series [76th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 11.205 per 1,000 people Time series [49th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 107,051 Time series [74th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 11.576 per 1,000 people Time series [44th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 2,007,315 [55th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.22 per capita [56th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 1,923,234 [61st of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.211 per capita [110th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 1,502,177 [52nd of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.165 per capita [70th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 1,311,414 [58th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.144 per capita [113rd of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 98,671 [41st of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 101,101 [61st of 157]
Navy personnel 4,500 [36th of 49]
    Navy personnel (per capita) 0.508015 per 1,000 people [23rd of 49]
personnel 70,000 Time series [65th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 7.624 per 1,000 people Time series [41st of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.68 % Time series [46th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for 12-month compulsory military service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides exemption from further military service
US military exports $9,175.00 thousand [22nd of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $1.04 thousand per 1,000 peopl [29th of 109]
Weapon holdings 209,000 [100th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 23,594.5 per 1 million people [93rd of 137]

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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; 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; 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: Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia

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