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Europe > Greece > Military

GREEK MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 33,000 [15th of 49]
Armed forces growth -21 [93rd of 132]
Definition: Military > Armed forces growth
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Armed forces personnel 159,000 [31st 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
Army personnel 116,000 [20th of 49]
Definition: Military > Army personnel
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA)
Definition: Military > Branches
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms imports $1,434,000,000.00 [3rd of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
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)
expenditure > % of GDP 4.48 % Time series [8th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures > Dollar figure $5,890,000,000.00 Time series [7th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 505 [5th of 24]
Definition: Military > Forces in Europe > Aircraft
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 1,723 [6th of 24]
Definition: Military > Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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: Military > Gulf War Coalition Forces
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
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,662,210 [70th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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
Navy personnel 19,500 [22nd of 49]
Definition: Military > Navy personnel
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
personnel 168,000 Time series [38th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
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: Military > Service age and obligation
Source: World Development Indicators database
Weapon holdings 5,488,000 [16th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
WWII > Jew killed 54,000 [8th of 14]
Definition: Military > WWII > Jew killed
Source: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
WWII > Jewish population before war 70,000 [8th of 16]
Definition: Military > WWII > Jewish population before war
Source: Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
WWII > Percent of Jew killed 77 [3rd of 14]
Definition: Military > WWII > Percent of Jew killed
Source: Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; 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 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; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada

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