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Military Stats: compare key data on Belarus & Estonia

Definitions

  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
  • Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
  • Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
  • Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Military expenditures: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.

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  • Personnel: 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.
  • Personnel > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
  • WMD > Nuclear: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons
  • War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
  • Navy > Frigates: Number of frigates.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • Military expenditure > Current LCU: 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, demobilisation, 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.)"
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies
  • Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: 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.
  • Personnel per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > Current LCU: 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.)
  • Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
  • Imports > USD: 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."
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$: 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.
  • WMD > Biological: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction
  • Military expenditures > Percent of GDP: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product
  • WMD > Overview: An overview of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: 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.
  • Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Exports > USD: 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."
  • Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Employment in arms > Production per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49: 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.
  • Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49: 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.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Military expenditure > % of GDP: 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, demobilisation, 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.)"
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > % of central government expenditure: 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.)
  • Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, 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 Organisation's definition of the economically active population."
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > % of GDP: 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.)
  • Personnel > % of total labor force: 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.
STAT Belarus Estonia HISTORY
Armed forces personnel 83,000
Ranked 44th. 17 times more than Estonia
5,000
Ranked 130th.
Armed forces personnel > Total 183,000
Ranked 32nd. 26 times more than Estonia
7,000
Ranked 135th.

Budget 0.47 US$ BN
Ranked 11th. 7% more than Estonia
0.44 US$ BN
Ranked 42nd.
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.4%
Ranked 105th.
2%
Ranked 72nd. 43% more than Belarus

Global Peace Index 2.12
Ranked 67th. 24% more than Estonia
1.71
Ranked 9th.

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Military branches Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force, Special Operations Force Estonian Defense Forces (Eesti Kaitsevagi): Land Force (Maavagi), Navy (Merevagi), Air Force (Ohuvagi), Defense League (Kaitseliit)
Military expenditures 1.4% of GDP
Ranked 26th.
2% of GDP
Ranked 13th. 43% more than Belarus
Military service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel 18-27 for compulsory military or governmental service, conscript service requirement 8-11 months depending on education; NCOs, reserve officers, and specialists serve 11 months
Paramilitary personnel 110,000
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Estonia
22,508
Ranked 36th.
Personnel 183,000
Ranked 34th. 23 times more than Estonia
8,000
Ranked 137th.

Personnel > Per capita 18.72 per 1,000 people
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Estonia
5.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th.

Service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months compulsory military service for men between 19 and 28; conscription lasts 11 months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia has committed to retaining conscription for men up to 2010 and, unlike Latvia and Lithuania, has no plan to transition to a contract armed forces; 17 years of age for volunteers; reserve commitment up to the age of 60
WMD > Nuclear When Belarus gained independence in December 1991, there were 81 road-mobile SS-25s on its territory stationed at three missile bases, and an unknown number of tactical nuclear weapons. During the 1980s, a number of units equipped with intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) were also stationed in the Belarusian SSR; however, all of these weapons were eliminated under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by 1991. In May 1992, Belarus signed the Lisbon Protocol, which obligated it to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon state, which it did in July 1993, and to ratify the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which it ratified in February 1993. As a result of these commitments, Belarus transferred its nuclear weapons to Russia. The process of transferring tactical warheads was completed in May 1992, and the last strategic warheads and associated missiles were sent to Russia in November 1996. No nuclear forces have been stationed in Belarus since then, although the possibility of stationing Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus was broached by a number of Belarusian officials in the late 1990s. Estonia played an important role in both the civilian and military nuclear programs of the former Soviet Union. Its major facilities were the Sillamae Metal and Chemical Production Plant (Silmet), which milled uranium ore until 1990, when it began to focus exclusively on rare-earth metal production, and the Paldiski training reactor facility, which had two research reactors (now dismantled) that were used to train Soviet naval personnel to work on nuclear submarines. Estonia receives foreign assistance from a number of countries, particularly from Scandinavia, to improve conditions at radioactive waste sites associated with the nuclear complex. Estonia is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and signed an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency in April 2000.
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 57th.
0.0
Ranked 144th.

Navy > Frigates 0.0
Ranked 7th.
1
Ranked 3rd.
Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita $17.85
Ranked 32nd.
$114.08
Ranked 15th. 6 times more than Belarus
Branches Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force (Eesti Ohuvagi), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL)
Military expenditure > Current LCU 2.5 trillion
Ranked 7th. 509 times more than Estonia
4.92 billion
Ranked 71st.

Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 51,855
Ranked 106th. 8 times more than Estonia
6,668
Ranked 163th.

Expenditures > Dollar figure $176.10 million
Ranked 27th. 14% more than Estonia
$155.00 million
Ranked 28th.
Armed forces personnel per 1000 8.3
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Estonia
3.65
Ranked 87th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 64,232
Ranked 98th. 8 times more than Estonia
8,322
Ranked 155th.

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Personnel per 1000 18.94
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Estonia
5.94
Ranked 59th.

Expenditure > Current LCU 792636000000 2568500000
Conscription <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists. <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists (ECCO).
Imports > USD 254 million
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Estonia
50 million
Ranked 50th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 41 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 54th. 4 times more than Estonia
10 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 65th.

WMD > Biological According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Belarus does not have a biological warfare (BW) program, and there is no indication that it has plans to establish such a program in the future. Although Belarus was a Soviet republic in 1972, it is a signatory of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), which it ratified in 1975. Estonia acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in June 1993 and is a member of the Australia Group. There is no evidence to suggest that Tallinn possesses or is pursuing biological weapons capabilities.
Expenditures 1.4% of GDP
Ranked 54th.
2% of GDP
Ranked 36th. 43% more than Belarus
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.4% of GDP
Ranked 49th.
2% of GDP
Ranked 32nd. 43% more than Belarus
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP $12.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 51st.
$21.21 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 27th. 76% more than Belarus
WMD > Overview Belarus has no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in its possession. As a signatory to a number of arms reduction treaties, Belarus transferred all of its Soviet-era nuclear warheads to Russia in the 1990s. It does not possess biological or chemical warfare programs. Though Belarus inherited no major production or design facilities from the Soviet Union, a number of firms continue cooperation with Russian missile/space enterprises. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, Estonia was home to major Soviet nuclear and military facilities. After it regained its freedom in 1991, Tallinn dismantled many of the Soviet-era facilities, and joined international treaties, regimes, and organizations, including both NATO and the European Union in the spring of 2004. Nonproliferation issues concerning Estonia stem primarily from the field of export controls.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 None None
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 50 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than Estonia
8 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 32nd.
Employment in arms > Production 75,000
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Estonia
18,000
Ranked 30th.
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 1.66 million
Ranked 51st. 8 times more than Estonia
200,382
Ranked 105th.
Exports > USD 72 million
Ranked 21st. 9 times more than Estonia
8 million
Ranked 29th.
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 2.52 million
Ranked 48th. 9 times more than Estonia
291,696
Ranked 108th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 5.48
Ranked 200th. 10% more than Estonia
4.98
Ranked 211th.

Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita $17.74 per capita
Ranked 35th.
$114.08 per capita
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Belarus
Manpower > Availability > Males 2.49 million
Ranked 78th. 8 times more than Estonia
306,273
Ranked 149th.

Manpower > Military age 18 years of age 18 years of age
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996 20 NOV 1996
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 51,855
Ranked 106th. 8 times more than Estonia
6,668
Ranked 163th.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 2429653 302696
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 4.09 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 42nd.
7.43 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 31st. 82% more than Belarus

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 5,089.33 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 18th.
5,649.72 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 17th. 11% more than Belarus
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000 173.43
Ranked 69th. 16% more than Estonia
149.35
Ranked 103th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 2.1 million
Ranked 38th. 8 times more than Estonia
250,351
Ranked 92nd.
Employment in arms > Production per 1000 7.55
Ranked 3rd.
13.2
Ranked 1st. 75% more than Belarus
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1.73 million
Ranked 76th. 8 times more than Estonia
218,448
Ranked 147th.

Manpower > Availability > Females 2.53 million
Ranked 68th. 8 times more than Estonia
317,852
Ranked 136th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2.76 million
Ranked 69th. 8 times more than Estonia
360,440
Ranked 145th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 4.09 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 42nd.
7.43 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 31st. 82% more than Belarus

Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000 263.67
Ranked 15th. 21% more than Estonia
217.41
Ranked 93th.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 per 1000 8.58
Ranked 57th. 9% more than Estonia
7.9
Ranked 64th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 48,760
Ranked 107th. 8 times more than Estonia
6,309
Ranked 163th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 5.14
Ranked 207th. 9% more than Estonia
4.71
Ranked 210th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 2.09 million
Ranked 63th. 8 times more than Estonia
264,187
Ranked 131st.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 285.27
Ranked 25th. 7% more than Estonia
267.77
Ranked 47th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 2.16 million
Ranked 61st. 8 times more than Estonia
283,278
Ranked 141st.

Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 2.56 million
Ranked 43th. 8 times more than Estonia
304,961
Ranked 96th.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 82,037
Ranked 46th. 8 times more than Estonia
10,605
Ranked 81st.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 181.36
Ranked 125th. 11% more than Estonia
162.94
Ranked 141st.

Military expenditure > % of GDP 1.83%
Ranked 47th.
2.29%
Ranked 34th. 25% more than Belarus

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 60,788
Ranked 98th. 8 times more than Estonia
7,846
Ranked 156th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.22 per capita
Ranked 13th. 15% more than Estonia
0.191 per capita
Ranked 66th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 6.28 per 1,000 people
Ranked 186th. 5% more than Estonia
6 per 1,000 people
Ranked 193th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.281 per capita
Ranked 33th. 16% more than Estonia
0.242 per capita
Ranked 123th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 6.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 181st. 4% more than Estonia
6.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 192nd.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 6.74
Ranked 161st. 9% more than Estonia
6.21
Ranked 176th.

Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 4.18%
Ranked 47th.
6.19%
Ranked 40th. 48% more than Belarus

Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000 219.96
Ranked 7th. 18% more than Estonia
186.6
Ranked 38th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 223.42
Ranked 11th. 6% more than Estonia
210.44
Ranked 26th.

Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000 268.27
Ranked 6th. 18% more than Estonia
227.3
Ranked 40th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 5.39
Ranked 204th. 2% more than Estonia
5.27
Ranked 206th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 6.38
Ranked 163th. 9% more than Estonia
5.85
Ranked 178th.

Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 3.71%
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Estonia
1%
Ranked 69th.

Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 261.51
Ranked 66th. 14% more than Estonia
228.45
Ranked 149th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 5.14
Ranked 205th. 9% more than Estonia
4.71
Ranked 208th.
Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 265.41
Ranked 39th. 12% more than Estonia
237.08
Ranked 89th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 48,760
Ranked 107th. 8 times more than Estonia
6,309
Ranked 163th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 48760 6309
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 5.14 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 18th.
5.65 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 17th. 10% more than Belarus
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 51855 6668
Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP 1.21%
Ranked 48th.
2.12%
Ranked 24th. 76% more than Belarus
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 219.68
Ranked 36th. 11% more than Estonia
197.06
Ranked 70th.

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 13 SEP 2000 13 AUG 1999
Expenditure > % of GDP 1.24%
Ranked 78th.
1.56%
Ranked 61st. 26% more than Belarus

Personnel > % of total labor force 3.83%
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Estonia
1.21%
Ranked 66th.

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