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Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates	$5,667,000.00		[24th of 24]
Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates (per $ GDP)	$0.35 per $10,000 of GDP		[24th of 24]
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-10 Chom Phon Akat (Marshal of the RTAF)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan, 2006.
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-6 Nawa Akat Ek Phiset (Special Group Captain)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-7 Phon Akat Tri (Air Vice Marshal)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-8 Phon Akat Tho (Air Marshal)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-9 Phon Akat Ek (Air Chief Marshal)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2 Ruea Akat Ek (Flight Lieutenant)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Nawa Akat Tri (Squadron Leader)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Nawa Akat Tho (Wing Commander)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Nawa Akat Ek (Group Captain)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Air force personnel	40,000		[14th of 49]
DEFINITION: Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks
Armed forces growth	28		[49th of 132]
DEFINITION: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Armed forces personnel	301,000		[15th of 166]
DEFINITION: Total armed forces (2000)
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 exports > constant 1990 US$	5,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[36th of 45]
DEFINITION: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.		View time series
SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	98,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[37th of 100]
DEFINITION: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Army personnel	150,000		[16th of 49]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Branches Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF)
DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	12 NOV 1996
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conscription Conscription exists (FWCC).
DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Conventional arms exports	$5,000,000.00		[34th of 40]
DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
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 exports (per $ GDP)	0.01 per $1,000		[36th of 40]
Conventional arms imports	$105,000,000.00		[36th of 85]
DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP)	0.2 per $1,000		[57th of 85]
Employment in arms production	5,000		[49th of 56]
SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	7.02 %		[23rd of 88]
DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)		View time series
SOURCE: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
expenditure > % of GDP	1.14 %		[81st of 145]
DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
expenditure > current LCU	81171000000
DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures	1.8 % of GDP		[42nd of 87]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	1.8%		[82nd of 154]
DEFINITION: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Iraq Coalition casualties	2		[11th of 18]
DEFINITION: Number of military fatalities in Iraq since March 20th, 2003.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females	17,751,268		[17th of 162]
SOURCE: Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.		View time series
Manpower > Availability > Males	17,553,410		[19th of 210]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	17,904,300		[18th of 175]
DEFINITION: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	17,944,151		[18th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	14,058,779		[17th of 162]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	12,968,674		[18th of 210]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	10,735,354		[20th of 174]
DEFINITION: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	10,724,600		[20th of 174]
Manpower > Military age	18 years of age
DEFINITION: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	511,288		[20th of 226]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	531,315		[19th of 226]
DEFINITION: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	526,276		[17th of 157]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-10 Chom Phon Ruea (Admiral of the Fleet)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-6 Nawa Ek Phiset (Special Captain)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7 Phon Ruea Tri (Rear Admiral)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8 Phon Ruea Tho (Vice Admiral)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-9	Phon Ruea Ek (Admiral)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2	Ruea Ek (Lieutenant)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Nawa Tri (Lieutenant Commander)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4	Nawa Tho (Commander)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5	Nawa Ek (Captain)
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
Navy personnel	64,000		[4th of 49]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
personnel	421,000		[16th of 170]
DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.		View time series
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
personnel > % of total labor force	1.18 %		[71st of 168]
DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 21 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary military service; males are registered at 18 years of age; 2-year conscript service obligation
DEFINITION: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
US military exports	$177,899.00 thousand		[8th of 109]
DEFINITION: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars)
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Weapon holdings	2,563,000		[32nd of 137]
SOURCE: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

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