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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South America > Uruguay > Military

URUGUAYAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 3,000 [40th of 49]
    Air force personnel (per capita) 0.088 per 100 population [19th of 49]
Armed forces growth -26 [96th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 24,000 [90th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 7.02576 per 1,000 people [32nd of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [41st of 45]
    Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.299 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Time series [45th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 18,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [60th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 5.198 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [33rd of 170]
Army personnel 17,600 [40th of 49]
    Army personnel (per capita) 5.15223 per 1,000 people [15th of 49]
Branches
Uruguayan Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito), Navy (Armada Nacional; includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 21 SEP 2001
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription (NISBCO).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 4.99 % Time series [35th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.37 % Time series [72nd of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 5629000000 Time series
Expenditures 1.6 % of GDP Time series [49th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $257,500,000.00 Time series [28th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $19.48 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [35th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $77.99 per capita Time series [20th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.6% Time series [55th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 824,096 Time series [123rd of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 837,252 Time series [132nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 831,297 [129th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 838,195 Time series [128th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.254 per capita Time series [94th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 243.354 per 1,000 people [107th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 690,296 Time series [121st of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 703,955 Time series [126th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 677,315 Time series [123rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 672,030 [123rd of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.205 per capita Time series [42nd of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 196.73 per 1,000 people [52nd of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 26,075 Time series [136th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 7.498 per 1,000 people Time series [156th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 27,082 Time series [137th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 7.787 per 1,000 people Time series [155th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 760,341 [83rd of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.22 per capita [57th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 764,408 [91st of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.221 per capita [91st of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 631,046 [80th of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.182 per capita [53rd of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 637,445 [87th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.184 per capita [50th of 161]
Navy personnel 5,000 [34th of 49]
    Navy personnel (per capita) 1.4637 per 1,000 people [6th of 49]
personnel 24,920 Time series [95th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 7.196 per 1,000 people Time series [46th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.42 % Time series [54th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies
US military exports $1,500.00 thousand [36th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $0.44 thousand per 1,000 peopl [42nd of 109]
Weapon holdings 310,000 [94th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 90,749.4 per 1 million people [54th of 137]

SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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