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South America > Ecuador > Military

ECUADORIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 35 [41st of 132]
Armed forces personnel 58,000 [62nd of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 33,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [48th of 100]
Definition: Military > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
Branches
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE)
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Definition: Military > Conscription
Conventional arms imports $22,000,000.00 [57th of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 20.1 % Time series [9th of 88]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of central government expenditure
expenditure > % of GDP 2.41 % Time series [31st of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures 2.8 % of GDP Time series [26th of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $655,000,000.00 Time series [20th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Manpower > Availability > Females 3,559,188 Time series [59th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Manpower > Availability > Males 3,536,602 Time series [63rd of 210]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 3,555,070 [62nd of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Military age 20 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 144,821 Time series [66th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
personnel 47,270 Time series [75th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 0.74 % Time series [98th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Service age and obligation
20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
US military exports $7,988.00 thousand [24th of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Weapon holdings 542,000 [83rd 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; 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: Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador, Republica del Ecuador

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Meghan
19th November 2004 		I was wondering what are some of the crimes in Ecuador? I am doing a project on the police and I was wondering what they do and what they are against.
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