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Armed forces growth	7		[62nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel	5,000		[127th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total armed forces (2000)
SOURCE: 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
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	6,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[76th of 100]
DEFINITION: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.		View time series
SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Benin Armed Forces (FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy (Forces Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB)
DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	06 MAR 2001
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	27 SEP 1996
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Conscription Selective conscription (FWCC).
DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
expenditure > % of GDP	1.78 %		[80th of 145]
DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)		View time series
SOURCE: 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)
expenditure > current LCU	8935000000
DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures	1.7 % of GDP		[46th of 87]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$96,500,000.00		[51st of 111]
DEFINITION: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$23.84 per 1,000 $ of GDP		[29th of 111]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP	1.7%		[52nd of 154]
DEFINITION: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females	1,882,421		[87th of 162]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Availability > Males	1,908,457		[91st of 210]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,597,560		[96th of 175]
DEFINITION: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,638,010		[97th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	1,162,113		[97th of 162]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	1,173,742		[101st of 210]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	835,561		[114th of 174]
DEFINITION: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	805,603		[115th of 174]
Manpower > Military age	18 years of age
DEFINITION: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	94,008		[81st of 226]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	97,543		[80th of 226]
DEFINITION: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	76,661		[72nd of 157]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel	8,000		[138th of 170]
DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
personnel > % of total labor force	0.24 %		[148th of 168]
DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 21 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in practice, volunteers may be taken at the age of 18; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty - 18 months
DEFINITION: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
US military exports	$305.00 thousand		[72nd of 109]
DEFINITION: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars)
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Weapon holdings	69,000		[124th of 137]
SOURCE: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

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