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Oceania > Papua New Guinea > Military

PAPUA NEW GUINEAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 38 [40th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 4,000 [133rd of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 0.721371 per 1,000 people [134th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 12,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [73rd of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 2.433 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [74th of 170]
Branches
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 25 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 2.57 % Time series [77th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.53 % Time series [111st of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 81900000 Time series
Expenditures 1.4 % of GDP Time series [52nd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $16,900,000.00 Time series [94th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $4.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [104th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $2.99 per capita Time series [99th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.4% Time series [111st of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,385,040 Time series [101st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,481,417 Time series [106th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,370,420 [107th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,403,467 Time series [106th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.243 per capita Time series [123rd of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 247.145 per 1,000 people [99th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 1,092,040 Time series [100th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,080,466 Time series [105th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 775,064 Time series [118th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 757,421 [117th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.134 per capita Time series [134th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 136.595 per 1,000 people [123rd of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 61,102 Time series [97th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 10.301 per 1,000 people Time series [87th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 62,865 Time series [100th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 10.598 per 1,000 people Time series [86th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 1,167,188 [68th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.201 per capita [82nd of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 1,264,728 [73rd of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.218 per capita [96th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 894,759 [71st of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.154 per capita [76th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 902,432 [76th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.156 per capita [100th of 161]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1984
personnel 3,000 Time series [148th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 0.51 per 1,000 people Time series [158th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.12 % Time series [155th of 168]
Service age and obligation
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription

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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, new guinea, papua n.g.

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Carys Morgans
19th October 2009
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