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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Military

SALVADORAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -60 [123rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 17,000 [96th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 2.53542 per 1,000 people [102nd of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [32nd of 45]
    Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 192.035 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Time series [65th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 9,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [70th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 1.355 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [70th of 170]
Branches
Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 11 SEP 1998
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
The Salvadoran Constitution and the law on military service establish obligatory military service. In practice, since the end of the armed conflict in January 1992, military service has been performed on a voluntary basis. The law on military service is currently undergoing revision (NISBCO).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 3.52 % Time series [54th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.62 % Time series [108th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 106000000 Time series
Expenditures 5 % of GDP Time series [10th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $157,000,000.00 Time series [51st of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $10.43 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [85th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $23.63 per capita Time series [55th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 5% Time series [10th of 154]
Iraq Coalition casualties 2 [13th of 18]
    Iraq Coalition casualties (per capita) 2.983 per 10 million people [11th of 18]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,775,474 Time series [91st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,634,816 Time series [102nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,536,230 [101st of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,571,299 Time series [101st of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.232 per capita Time series [144th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 229.117 per 1,000 people [135th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 1,519,375 Time series [79th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,168,406 Time series [102nd of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 995,672 Time series [102nd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 973,884 [104th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.147 per capita Time series [116th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 145.247 per 1,000 people [110th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 71,252 Time series [89th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 10.083 per 1,000 people Time series [92nd of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 73,915 Time series [88th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 10.46 per 1,000 people Time series [92nd of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 1,542,323 [63rd of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.222 per capita [55th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 1,391,278 [70th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.2 per capita [123rd of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 1,310,466 [54th of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.189 per capita [35th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 960,315 [71st of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.138 per capita [116th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 69,526 [49th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 70,286 [74th of 157]
personnel 16,000 Time series [112nd of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 2.325 per 1,000 people Time series [120th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.58 % Time series [111st of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age for voluntary service; service obligation - 8 months, but 11 months for officers and NCOs
US military exports $7,880.00 thousand [25th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $1.18 thousand per 1,000 peopl [28th of 109]
Weapon holdings 159,000 [104th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 23,713.6 per 1 million people [92nd of 137]

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; 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); Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; 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: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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