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Africa > Benin > Military

BENINESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 7 [62nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 5,000 [127th of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 6,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [76th of 100]
Definition: Military > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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: Military > Branches
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC).
Definition: Military > Conscription
expenditure > % of GDP 1.78 % Time series [80th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures 1.7 % of GDP Time series [46th of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $96,500,000.00 Time series [51st of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,882,421 Time series [87th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,908,457 Time series [91st of 210]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,597,560 [96th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,638,010 Time series [97th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 835,561 Time series [114th of 174]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 97,543 Time series [80th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
personnel 8,000 Time series [138th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 0.24 % Time series [148th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
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: Military > Service age and obligation
US military exports $305.00 thousand [72nd of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Weapon holdings 69,000 [124th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings

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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: Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin

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