FACTOID # 4: In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.
 
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Southeast Asia > Singapore > Military

SINGAPORE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 10 [60th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 60,000 [57th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 13.5563 per 1,000 people [16th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 3,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [34th of 45]
    Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.691 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Time series [28th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 423,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [15th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 97.425 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [4th of 170]
Branches
Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (includes Air Defense)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 10 NOV 2001
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 14 JAN 1999
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
Conventional arms exports $70,000,000.00 [18th of 40]
    Conventional arms exports (per $ GDP) 0.579 per $1,000 [13th of 40]
    Conventional arms exports (per capita) 15.816 per 1 population [10th of 40]
Conventional arms imports $456,000,000.00 [9th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) 3.772 per $1,000 [8th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per capita) 103.028 per 1 population [4th of 85]
Employment in arms production 15,000 [34th of 56]
    Employment in arms production (per capita) 3,389.06 per 1 million people [10th of 56]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 30.47 % Time series [1st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 4.68 % Time series [7th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 9099750000 Time series
Expenditures 4.9 % of GDP Time series [8th of 87]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 4.9% Time series [16th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,277,862 Time series [112nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,392,740 [105th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,292,471 Time series [110th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.305 per capita Time series [15th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 314.672 per 1,000 people [4th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,038,603 Time series [109th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 934,317 Time series [107th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,012,500 [101st of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.22 per capita Time series [13th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 228.761 per 1,000 people [3rd of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 26,325 Time series [135th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 5.713 per 1,000 people Time series [206th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 27,742 Time series [135th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 6.02 per 1,000 people Time series [208th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 1,215,568 [74th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.267 per capita [14th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 982,368 [70th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.216 per capita [10th of 161]
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-6
Rear Admiral
(One Star)
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7
Rear Admiral
(Two Stars)
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8 Vice Admiral
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2 Captain
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Major
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Colonel
personnel 167,000 Time series [39th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 38.463 per 1,000 people Time series [3rd of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 7.54 % Time series [3rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers)
US military exports $239,256.00 thousand [7th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $54.06 thousand per 1,000 peopl [7th of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,617,000 [47th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 365,341 per 1 million people [19th 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Singapore, Republic of Singapore

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