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Military Stats: compare key data on Bulgaria & India

Definitions

  • Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
  • Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
  • 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.
  • Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
  • Navy > Corvette warships: Number of corvettes.
  • Navy > Submarines: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers).
  • Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.

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  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.)"
  • Navy > Patrol boats: Number of patrol boats (Includes minesweepers).
  • 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.
  • Armed forces growth: 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.
  • 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."
  • Defence spending > Percent of GDP: Defense expenditure as percentage of GDP. Figures are for the year 2010.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Weapon holdings per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Exports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Conventional arms imports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ 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).
  • Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males 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 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Conventional arms imports per capita: 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). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • 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 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 > 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 > 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 reaching military service age annually > Males 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.
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended.
  • Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP: 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). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Fit for military service > 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 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.
  • 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 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.)
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. 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
  • 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."
  • 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.)
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 100,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Conventional arms imports, % of GDP: 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). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP 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.
  • 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 > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT Bulgaria India HISTORY
Air force > Combat aircraft 88
Ranked 4th.
1,080
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Bulgaria
Armed forces personnel 80,000
Ranked 45th.
1.3 million
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Bulgaria
Army > Main battle tanks 80
Ranked 16th.
5,978
Ranked 2nd. 75 times more than Bulgaria
Budget 1.4 US$ BN
Ranked 7th.
42.84 US$ BN
Ranked 4th. 31 times more than Bulgaria
Global Peace Index 1.66
Ranked 128th.
2.57
Ranked 22nd. 55% more than Bulgaria

Military branches Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard
Military expenditures 2.6% of GDP
Ranked 9th. 44% more than India
1.8% of GDP
Ranked 28th.
Military service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in January 2008; service obligation 6-9 months 16-18 years of age for voluntary military service (Army 17 1/2, Air Force 17, Navy 16 1/2); no conscription; women may join as officers, but for noncombat roles only
Navy > Aircraft carriers 0.0
Ranked 9th.
2
Ranked 2nd.
Navy > Corvette warships 3
Ranked 4th.
36
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Bulgaria
Navy > Submarines 1
Ranked 3rd.
18
Ranked 2nd. 18 times more than Bulgaria
Paramilitary personnel 3,400
Ranked 80th.
1.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 383 times more than Bulgaria
Personnel > Per capita 10.98 per 1,000 people
Ranked 23th. 4 times more than India
2.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 108th.

Service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended as of 1 January 2008; Air and Air Defense Forces and Naval Forces became fully professional at the end of 2006 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women officers allowed in noncombat roles only
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 70th.
1,962
Ranked 5th.

Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.6%
Ranked 49th. 4% more than India
2.5%
Ranked 40th.

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Armed forces personnel > Total 75,000
Ranked 58th.
2.58 million
Ranked 2nd. 34 times more than Bulgaria

Personnel 85,000
Ranked 57th.
3.05 million
Ranked 2nd. 36 times more than Bulgaria

Navy > Frigates 4
Ranked 2nd.
28
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Bulgaria
Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita $45.24
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than India
$12.82
Ranked 66th.
Branches Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena), Coast Guard
Military expenditure > Current LCU 1.55 billion
Ranked 87th.
1.85 trillion
Ranked 9th. 1196 times more than Bulgaria

Navy > Patrol boats 1
Ranked 4th.
54
Ranked 1st. 54 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 33,444
Ranked 118th.
12.15 million
Ranked 1st. 363 times more than Bulgaria

Expenditures > Dollar figure $356.00 million
Ranked 23th.
$14.02 billion
Ranked 9th. 39 times more than Bulgaria
Weapon holdings 4.84 million
Ranked 20th.
10.54 million
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Bulgaria
Armed forces personnel per 1000 9.79
Ranked 23th. 8 times more than India
1.25
Ranked 126th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 39,477
Ranked 114th.
11.59 million
Ranked 1st. 294 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Personnel per 1000 10.98
Ranked 23th. 4 times more than India
2.7
Ranked 110th.

Expenditure > Current LCU 1006000000 1024844000000
Conscription <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists (WRI). No <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>conscription</a> (<a href=/encyclopedia/artificial-intelligence>AI</a>).
Armed forces growth -46%
Ranked 113th.
3%
Ranked 65th.
Imports > USD 127 million
Ranked 37th.
1.85 billion
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than Bulgaria

Defence spending > Percent of GDP 2.34%
Ranked 2nd.
2.6%
Ranked 5th. 11% more than Bulgaria
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 158 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 29th.
1.47 billion constant 1990 US$
Ranked 3rd. 9 times more than Bulgaria

Expenditures 2.6% of GDP
Ranked 27th. 4% more than India
2.5% of GDP
Ranked 36th.
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.6% of GDP
Ranked 26th. 4% more than India
2.5% of GDP
Ranked 27th.
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP $22.82 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 23th.
$23.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 35th. 2% more than Bulgaria
Weapon holdings per 1000 603.22
Ranked 8th. 61 times more than India
9.95
Ranked 116th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 None 240039958
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 48 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than India
22 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 27th.

Employment in arms > Production 5,000
Ranked 51st.
180,000
Ranked 6th. 36 times more than Bulgaria
Exports > USD 5 million
Ranked 32nd.
21 million
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 4.58
Ranked 220th.
9.83
Ranked 86th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita $45.24 per capita
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than India
$13.17 per capita
Ranked 67th.
Conventional arms imports $12.00 million
Ranked 71st.
$2.38 billion
Ranked 1st. 198 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Availability > Males 1.7 million
Ranked 100th.
301.09 million
Ranked 2nd. 177 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Military age 19 years of age 17 years of age
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 51,023
Ranked 88th.
11.45 million
Ranked 2nd. 224 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 33,444
Ranked 118th.
12.15 million
Ranked 1st. 363 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 None 296071637
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 6,135.75 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 17th. 301 times more than India
20.38 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 41st.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 20.41 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 13th. 16 times more than India
1.31 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 57th.

Employment in arms > Production per 1000 0.623
Ranked 34th. 4 times more than India
0.17
Ranked 48th.
Manpower > Availability > Females 1.69 million
Ranked 92nd.
283.05 million
Ranked 2nd. 167 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1.36 million
Ranked 93th.
231.16 million
Ranked 2nd. 169 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1.85 million
Ranked 92nd.
288.25 million
Ranked 2nd. 155 times more than Bulgaria

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 20.41 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 13th. 15 times more than India
1.34 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 56th.

Conventional arms imports per capita $1.38
Ranked 65th.
$2.73
Ranked 49th. 99% more than Bulgaria
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 4.26
Ranked 221st.
8.91
Ranked 117th. 2 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 32,075
Ranked 119th.
10.75 million
Ranked 1st. 335 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 1.4 million
Ranked 83th.
236.63 million
Ranked 2nd. 169 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1.55 million
Ranked 78th.
169 million
Ranked 2nd. 109 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 239.54
Ranked 112th.
255.74
Ranked 66th. 7% more than Bulgaria

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000 6.66
Ranked 117th.
9.88
Ranked 59th. 48% more than Bulgaria
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $670,000.00
Ranked 34th.
$35.50 million
Ranked 14th. 53 times more than Bulgaria
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP 0.195 per $1,000
Ranked 60th.
0.716 per $1,000
Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 221.83
Ranked 123th.
240.96
Ranked 81st. 9% more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 223.26
Ranked 160th.
256.32
Ranked 74th. 15% more than Bulgaria

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 32075 10745891
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 33444 12151065
Personnel > % of total labor force 2.73%
Ranked 22nd. 4 times more than India
0.7%
Ranked 103th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 4.79
Ranked 218th.
9.95
Ranked 81st. 2 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 178.93
Ranked 130th.
196.79
Ranked 80th. 10% more than Bulgaria

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 4.26
Ranked 219th.
8.91
Ranked 116th. 2 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 37,339
Ranked 115th.
10.64 million
Ranked 1st. 285 times more than Bulgaria

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 32,075
Ranked 119th.
10.75 million
Ranked 1st. 335 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.197 per capita
Ranked 59th. 24% more than India
0.159 per capita
Ranked 104th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 5.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 212th.
9.27 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th. 80% more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.235 per capita
Ranked 137th.
0.272 per capita
Ranked 56th. 16% more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 5.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 213th.
10.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th. 86% more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 5.18
Ranked 193th.
9.87
Ranked 99th. 91% more than Bulgaria

Expenditure > % of GDP 2.4%
Ranked 32nd.
2.87%
Ranked 20th. 20% more than Bulgaria

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP 0.00159%
Ranked 26th.
0.00287%
Ranked 22nd. 80% more than Bulgaria
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita $0.09
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than India
$0.03
Ranked 35th.
Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP 2.23%
Ranked 21st.
2.27%
Ranked 32nd. 2% more than Bulgaria
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 2.04%
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than India
0.57%
Ranked 103th.

Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 6.99%
Ranked 24th.
18.62%
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP $2.65 per $100,000 of GDP
Ranked 25th.
$5.13 per $100,000 of GDP
Ranked 22nd. 93% more than Bulgaria
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP 0.0579%
Ranked 57th.
0.727%
Ranked 16th. 13 times more than Bulgaria
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 200.45
Ranked 45th. 34% more than India
149.94
Ranked 104th.

Military expenditure > % of GDP 2.34%
Ranked 33th.
2.97%
Ranked 27th. 27% more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 183.82
Ranked 99th.
201.45
Ranked 68th. 10% more than Bulgaria

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 4.9
Ranked 195th.
9.06
Ranked 107th. 85% more than Bulgaria

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 6.14 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 17th. 310 times more than India
0.0198 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 41st.

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