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Middle East > Lebanon > Military

LEBANESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 266 [6th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 64,000 [54th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 16.7277 per 1,000 people [7th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 45,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [21st of 45]
    Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 12,972.341 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Time series [11th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [79th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.28 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [69th of 170]
Branches
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army (includes Navy), Air Force
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 16 SEP 2005
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 14.39 % Time series [17th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 3.77 % Time series [20th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 1232000000000 Time series
Expenditures 3.1 % of GDP Time series [21st of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $540,600,000.00 Time series [17th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $28.89 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [17th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $139.72 per capita Time series [11th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 3.1% Time series [39th of 154]
Iraqi insurgency > Foreign fighter nationality distribution > Sorted alphabeticallyality 3 [11th of 25]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,122,595 Time series [108th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,106,879 Time series [120th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,025,980 [121st of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,049,097 Time series [121st of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.265 per capita Time series [63rd of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 268.161 per 1,000 people [43rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 948,327 Time series [107th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 934,828 Time series [115th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 643,050 Time series [125th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 630,657 [125th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.162 per capita Time series [101st of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 164.835 per 1,000 people [91st of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 31,610 Time series [123rd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 7.958 per 1,000 people Time series [144th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 32,815 Time series [123rd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 8.262 per 1,000 people Time series [145th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 1,024,273 [76th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.261 per capita [8th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 974,363 [87th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.248 per capita [34th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 865,770 [74th of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.221 per capita [3rd of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 821,762 [81st of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.209 per capita [14th of 161]
personnel 85,000 Time series [58th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 23.764 per 1,000 people Time series [7th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 6.03 % Time series [7th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
US military exports $9,199.00 thousand [21st of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $2.40 thousand per 1,000 peopl [20th of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,875,000 [43rd of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 490,068 per 1 million people [13th 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); Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency ; 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: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah, Lubnan

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