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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]
Armed forces growth 18 [53rd of 132]
Definition: Military > Armed forces growth
Armed forces personnel 32,000 [81st of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Army personnel 25,000 [38th of 49]
Definition: Military > Army personnel
Branches
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB)
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI and NISBCO).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Conventional arms imports $1,000,000.00 [83rd of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
expenditure > % of GDP 1.89 % Time series [44th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures 1.9 % of GDP Time series [43rd of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $132,200,000.00 Time series [42nd of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,366,828 Time series [74th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,118,910 [84th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Military age 19 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 107,051 Time series [74th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Navy personnel 4,500 [36th of 49]
Definition: Military > Navy personnel
personnel 70,000 Time series [65th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 1.68 % Time series [46th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
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
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
US military exports $9,175.00 thousand [22nd of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Weapon holdings 209,000 [100th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings

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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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; 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: Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia

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