| TURKMENISTANI MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces personnel
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14,000 |
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[100th of 166]
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Branches
Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces |
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Definition: Military > Branches |
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Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC). |
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Definition: Military > Conscription |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Conventional arms imports
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$20,000,000.00 |
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[59th of 85]
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Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports |
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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) |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.9 %
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[42nd of 145]
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Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP |
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Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm. |
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Expenditures
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3.4 % of GDP |
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[16th of 87]
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Definition: Military > Expenditures |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$90,000,000.00 |
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[20th of 111]
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Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,239,740 |
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[113rd of 175]
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Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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57,615 |
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[106th of 226]
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Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel
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26,000
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[93rd of 170]
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Definition: Military > personnel |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.18 %
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[69th of 168]
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Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation |
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Definition: Military > Service age and obligation |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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US military exports
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$238.00 thousand |
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[80th of 109]
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Definition: Military > US military exports |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Weapon holdings
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2,011,000 |
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[40th of 137]
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Definition: Military > Weapon holdings |
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Source: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy |
WMD > Biological
Turkmenistan is party to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and does not possess biological weapons. |
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Definition: Military > WMD > Biological |
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Source: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) |
WMD > Chemical
Turkmenistan is a member of the Chemical Weapons Convention and does not possess chemical weapons. |
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Definition: Military > WMD > Chemical |
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Source: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Missile
Turkmenistan does not possess ballistic missiles capable of carrying WMD payloads. |
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Definition: Military > WMD > Missile |
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Source: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Nuclear
Turkmenistan does not possess nuclear weapons. During the Soviet era, it did not host nuclear tests, though at least one underground nuclear explosion was conducted in 1972 in Mary Oblast to seal a gushing gas well. An abandoned uranium mine reportedly exists in northwest Turkmenistan, near Kizil-Kaya. Turkmenistan's military doctrine includes pledges not to possess, produce, or proliferate nuclear arms. Turkmenistan is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Ashkhabad signed an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency in May 2005. |
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Definition: Military > WMD > Nuclear |
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Source: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Overview
Turkmenistan has one of the least developed export control systems in the former Soviet Union. Due to its shared borders with Afghanistan and Iran, the country could potentially become a transit point for illegal exports. Turkmenistan does not produce or possess nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. |
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Definition: Military > WMD > Overview |
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Source: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
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