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Africa > Niger > Military

NIGERIEN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 141 [12th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 5,000 [130th of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 3,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [89th of 100]
Definition: Military > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
Branches
Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger)
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC).
Definition: Military > Conscription
expenditure > % of GDP 1.07 % Time series [104th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures 1.3 % of GDP Time series [58th of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $33,300,000.00 Time series [65th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Gulf War Coalition Forces 600 [18th of 30]
Definition: Military > Gulf War Coalition Forces
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,696,966 Time series [66th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Manpower > Availability > Males 2,871,868 Time series [70th of 210]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,379,480 [81st of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,333,027 Time series [86th of 174]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 150,728 Time series [61st of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
personnel 10,000 Time series [131st of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 0.17 % Time series [152nd of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Service age and obligation
17-21 years of age for voluntary military service; 2-year service term; women may serve in health care
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
US military exports $1.00 thousand [108th of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Weapon holdings 1,206,000 [58th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings

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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); "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; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Niger, Republic of Niger, Republique du Niger

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