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Aid to Afghanistan > Gross disbursements as a percent of ODA	2.2%		[6th of 17]
Air force personnel	33,000		[15th of 49]
DEFINITION: Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE: OECD, ODA Indicators.
Allies of World War I > Casualties as % of total personnel	20 %		[12th of 14]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Allies of World War I > Killed in action	26,000		[11th of 15]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Allies of World War I
Allies of World War I > Personnel	230,000		[12th of 15]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Allies of World War I
Allies of World War I > Total casualties	47,000		[12th of 15]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Allies of World War I
Allies of World War I > Wounded in action	21,000		[12th of 15]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Allies of World War I
Armed forces growth	-21		[93rd of 132]
DEFINITION: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Allies of World War I
Armed forces personnel	159,000		[31st 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 exports > constant 1990 US$	8,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[31st of 45]
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
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	1,114,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[5th 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: World Development Indicators database
Army personnel	116,000		[20th of 49]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Branches Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA)
DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	21 APR 1999
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	24 SEP 1996
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Conscription Conscription exists (AI).
DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Conventional arms imports	$1,434,000,000.00		[3rd of 85]
DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
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 (per $ GDP)	6.334 per $1,000		[4th of 85]
Employment in arms production	15,000		[32nd of 56]
SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	10.15 %		[18th of 88]
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: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
expenditure > % of GDP	4.48 %		[8th 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: World Development Indicators database
expenditure > current LCU	8120000000
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	4.3 % of GDP		[10th of 87]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$5,890,000,000.00		[7th 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)	$28.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP		[21st of 111]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP	4.3%		[19th 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
Forces in Europe > ACVs	2,141		[9th of 25]
DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe (ACVs = Armoured Combat Vehicles).
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forces in Europe > Aircraft	505		[5th of 24]
DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2004
SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Forces in Europe > Artillery	1,901		[5th of 25]
DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2005
SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks	1,723		[6th of 24]
DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2006
SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Forces in Europe > Helicopters	20		[18th of 22]
DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2007
SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Gulf War Coalition Forces	200		[25th of 30]
DEFINITION: Number of troops who served on active duty in the Gulf War theater of operations between August 2, 1990, and June 13, 1991.
SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid	$3,530,000.00		[25th of 40]
DEFINITION: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended.
SOURCE: "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid (per $ GDP)	$1.74 per $100,000 of GDP		[29th of 40]
Manpower > Availability > Females	2,517,273		[69th of 162]
SOURCE: US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.		View time series
Manpower > Availability > Males	2,535,174		[76th of 210]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	2,662,210		[70th 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	2,638,949		[72nd of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	2,065,956		[64th of 162]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	2,084,469		[70th 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	2,004,343		[68th 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	2,026,410		[66th of 174]
Manpower > Military age	21 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	50,488		[108th of 226]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	53,858		[108th 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 available for military service > Females age 18-49	2,442,818		[46th of 120]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	2,459,988		[49th of 164]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49	2,000,650		[41st of 119]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49	2,018,557		[41st of 161]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49	55,571		[55th of 91]
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: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	58,399		[85th 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: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
NATO > Current members > Date	18 February 1952
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
NATO > Current members > Expansion	First
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: NATO
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-10 Αρχιναύαρχος (Archinavarchos)¹
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: NATO
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-6 Αρχιπλοίαρχος (Archiploiarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7 Υποναύαρχος (Hyponavarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8 Αντιναύαρχος (Antinavarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-9 Ναύαρχος (Navarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2 Υποπλοίαρχος (Hypoploiarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Πλωτάρχης (Plotarchis)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Αντιπλοίαρχος (Antiploiarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Πλοίαρχος (Ploiarchos)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Navy personnel	19,500		[22nd of 49]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
personnel	168,000		[38th 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: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
personnel > % of total labor force	3.26 %		[16th 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 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 1 year for all services; women are eligible for voluntary military service
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
Weapon holdings	5,488,000		[16th of 137]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
WWII > Jew killed	54,000		[8th of 14]
DEFINITION: "The War Against the Jews" by Lucy Dawidowicz. Dawidowicz researched birth and death records in many cities of prewar Europe to come up with a death toll of 5,933,900 Jews. Some historians consider this number an underestimate since many records were lost during the war, and since many births and deaths were not recorded in small towns and villages.
SOURCE: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
WWII > Jewish population before war	70,000		[8th of 16]
DEFINITION: "The War Against the Jews" by Lucy Dawidowicz
SOURCE: Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
WWII > Percent of Jew killed	77		[3rd of 14]
DEFINITION: "The War Against the Jews" by Lucy Dawidowicz. Dawidowicz researched birth and death records in many cities of prewar Europe to come up with a death toll of 5,933,900 Jews. Some historians consider this number an underestimate since many records were lost during the war, and since many births and deaths were not recorded in small towns and villages.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

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