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Asia > Nepal > Military

NEPALESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 100 [18th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 50,000 [69th 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$ 32,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [53rd 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
Nepalese Army, Armed Police Force
Definition: Military > Branches
Source: World Development Indicators database
Conscription
No conscription.
Definition: Military > Conscription
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms imports $32,000,000.00 [50th 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 central government expenditure 11.84 % Time series [17th of 88]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of central government expenditure
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of GDP 1.97 % Time series [41st of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures 1.6 % of GDP Time series [50th of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure $99,200,000.00 Time series [50th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females 6,859,064 Time series [38th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males 7,322,965 Time series [42nd of 210]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 6,674,010 [42nd 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 17 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 335,747 Time series [35th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel 131,000 Time series [46th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel > % of total labor force 1.25 % Time series [61st of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for military training; no conscription
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
Source: World Development Indicators database
US military exports $272.00 thousand [77th of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Weapon holdings 14,000 [132nd of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings
Source: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

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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.; 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: Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal

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