FACTOID # 1: Israel enjoys a GDP per capita 21 times that of the Palestinian West Bank and 33 times that of the Gaza Strip. Its military spending per capita tops the world.
 
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Europe > Finland > Military

FINNISH MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -13 [84th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 32,000 [82nd of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
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$ 77,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [42nd of 100]
Definition: Military > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches
Finnish Defense Forces (FDF): Army, Navy (includes Coastal Defense Forces), Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat)
Definition: Military > Branches
Source: World Development Indicators database
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Definition: Military > Conscription
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms exports $17,000,000.00 [29th of 40]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms exports
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)
Conventional arms imports $57,000,000.00 [44th of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of GDP 1.21 % Time series [80th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures 2 % of GDP Time series [37th of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure $1,800,000,000.00 Time series [2nd of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $5,890,000.00 [22nd of 40]
Definition: Military > Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,121,187 Time series [109th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Source: US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,230,930 [114th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 34,152 Time series [121st of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel 31,000 Time series [85th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel > % of total labor force 1.17 % Time series [73rd of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory national military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
Source: World Development Indicators database
Weapon holdings 2,260,000 [36th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
WWII > Jewish population before war 2,000 [15th of 16]
Definition: Military > WWII > Jewish population before war
Source: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

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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.; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Finland, Republic of Finland, Suomen Tasavalta, Suomi

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