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Europe > Switzerland > Military

SWISS MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 38 [39th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 28,000 [86th 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$ 144,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [32nd 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
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe)
Definition: Military > Branches
Source: World Development Indicators database
Conscription
Conscription exists (WRI).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms exports $154,000,000.00 [12th of 40]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms exports
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)
Conventional arms imports $125,000,000.00 [34th of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of GDP 0.96 % Time series [94th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures 1 % of GDP Time series [63rd of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure $2,548,000,000.00 Time series [4th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
M2 Browning machine gun > International usage > NATO Member No
Definition: Military > M2 Browning machine gun > International usage > NATO Member
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,807,667 Time series [90th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Source: Wikipedia: M2 Browning machine gun
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,852,580 Time series [96th 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 1,834,640 [93rd 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 20 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 49,205 Time series [110th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel 109,000 Time series [52nd of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel > % of total labor force 2.6 % Time series [24th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation
19 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; the Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
Source: World Development Indicators database
Weapon holdings 2,432,000 [34th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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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.; Wikipedia: M2 Browning machine gun ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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