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Military Stats: compare key data on Estonia & Lithuania

Definitions

  • Active military personnel: Active military personnel.
  • 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.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Active military personnel per thousand people: Active military personnel. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • NATO > NATO reserves provided: Reserve personnel.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • 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.
  • 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.)
  • 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.
  • Army > Mortars: Mortar.
  • Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
  • Army > Towed artillery units: Towed artillery.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Active Ground Forces > Total: Total ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures include active personnel, reserve forces as well as paramilitary forces.
  • WMD > Overview: An overview of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction
  • Army > Armoured vehicles: Armoured vehicle.
  • 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.
  • Military spending (euros): Military expenditure (€).
  • 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 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.
  • Active Ground Forces > Total per 1000: Total ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures include active personnel, reserve forces as well as paramilitary forces. 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.
  • Spending of GDP: Of GDP.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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 > Fit for military service > 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.
  • Active Ground Forces > Active troops/thousand citizens: Active personnel in ground forces per thousand citizens of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > 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.)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.)"
  • Navy > Anti-mine ships: Anti-mine ship.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • 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 > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . 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 per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Estonia Lithuania HISTORY
Active military personnel 3,205
Ranked 24th.
7,987
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Estonia
Armed forces personnel 5,000
Ranked 130th.
13,000
Ranked 100th. 3 times more than Estonia
Armed forces personnel > Total 7,000
Ranked 135th.
24,000
Ranked 88th. 3 times more than Estonia

Budget 0.44 US$ BN
Ranked 42nd.
0.65 US$ BN
Ranked 37th. 48% more than Estonia
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2%
Ranked 72nd. 5% more than Lithuania
1.9%
Ranked 76th.

Global Peace Index 1.71
Ranked 9th.
1.78
Ranked 120th. 4% more than Estonia

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Military branches Estonian Defense Forces (Eesti Kaitsevagi): Land Force (Maavagi), Navy (Merevagi), Air Force (Ohuvagi), Defense League (Kaitseliit) Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Land Forces (Sausumos Pajegos), Naval Forces (Karines Juru Pajegos), Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos)
Military expenditures 2% of GDP
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Lithuania
0.9% of GDP
Ranked 4th.
Military service age and obligation 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 18 years of age for voluntary military service; service obligation 1 year; Lithuania converted to a professional military in the fall of 2008, although the decision continues under judicial review
Paramilitary personnel 22,508
Ranked 36th. 54% more than Lithuania
14,600
Ranked 47th.
Personnel > Per capita 5.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th.
8.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 43% more than Estonia

Service age and obligation 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 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation
WMD > Nuclear 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. Lithuania has only one nuclear facility: the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is highly important to the country, as it provides about 75 percent of Lithuania's energy. It has also been the subject of much controversy, as the EU is concerned that Ignalina's Soviet-built RBMK reactors, similar to those at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, are unsafe. Unit 1 at Ignalina was shut down in December 2004. The second and final reactor, Unit 2, will be shut down in December 2009. Lithuania is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), has an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 144th.
0.0
Ranked 120th.

Personnel 8,000
Ranked 137th.
29,000
Ranked 88th. 4 times more than Estonia

Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita $114.08
Ranked 15th. 72% more than Lithuania
$66.30
Ranked 11th.
Branches Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force (Eesti Ohuvagi), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces
Active military personnel per thousand people 2.39
Ranked 18th.
2.68
Ranked 14th. 12% more than Estonia
Military expenditure > Current LCU 4.92 billion
Ranked 71st. 3 times more than Lithuania
1.6 billion
Ranked 86th.

Navy > Patrol boats 3
Ranked 15th.
4
Ranked 9th. 33% more than Estonia
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 6,668
Ranked 163th.
20,425
Ranked 142nd. 3 times more than Estonia

NATO > NATO reserves provided 60,000
Ranked 14th. 14 times more than Lithuania
4,260
Ranked 22nd.
Expenditures > Dollar figure $155.00 million
Ranked 28th.
$230.80 million
Ranked 13th. 49% more than Estonia
Armed forces personnel per 1000 3.65
Ranked 87th.
3.71
Ranked 85th. 2% more than Estonia
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 8,322
Ranked 155th.
25,907
Ranked 139th. 3 times more than Estonia

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Expenditure > Current LCU 2568500000 1280000000
Personnel per 1000 5.94
Ranked 59th.
8.49
Ranked 36th. 43% more than Estonia

Army > Mortars 129
Ranked 19th.
142
Ranked 18th. 10% more than Estonia
Conscription <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists (ECCO). <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists.
Army > Towed artillery units 104
Ranked 9th. 63% more than Lithuania
64
Ranked 13th.
Imports > USD 50 million
Ranked 50th. 92% more than Lithuania
26 million
Ranked 57th.

Defence spending > Percent of GDP 1.85%
Ranked 4th. 65% more than Lithuania
1.12%
Ranked 23th.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 10 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 65th. 11% more than Lithuania
9 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 68th.

NATO > Current members > Date 29 March 2004 29 March 2004
WMD > Biological 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. Lithuania acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in October 1998 and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence to suggest that Vilnius possesses or is developing biological weapons.
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 2% of GDP
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Lithuania
0.9% of GDP
Ranked 3rd.

Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP $21.21 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 27th. 12% more than Lithuania
$19.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 13th.
Active Ground Forces > Total 245,700
Ranked 15th.
337,100
Ranked 11th. 37% more than Estonia
WMD > Overview 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. Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, a proclamation not recognized by Moscow until September 1991. Since 1991, Vilnius has joined international treaties, regimes, and organizations, including both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. Lithuania does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 None None
Army > Armoured vehicles 139
Ranked 23th.
240
Ranked 20th. 73% more than Estonia
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 8 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Lithuania
3 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 38th.
Exports > USD 8 million
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Lithuania
3 million
Ranked 37th.
ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2010-12-14 140
Ranked 28th.
219
Ranked 25th. 56% more than Estonia
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 4.98
Ranked 211th.
6.84
Ranked 164th. 37% more than Estonia

Military spending (euros) \u20ac280,000,000 \u20ac252,000,000
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita $114.08 per capita
Ranked 14th. 72% more than Lithuania
$66.30 per capita
Ranked 11th.
Defence spending > 2008[46] 2,009
Ranked 18th. The same as Lithuania
2,009
Ranked 22nd.
Conventional arms imports $5.00 million
Ranked 80th.
$31.00 million
Ranked 51st. 6 times more than Estonia
Manpower > Availability > Males 306,273
Ranked 149th.
915,187
Ranked 128th. 3 times more than Estonia

Manpower > Military age 18 years of age 18 years of age
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 20 NOV 1996 07 OCT 1996
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 6,668
Ranked 163th.
20,425
Ranked 142nd. 3 times more than Estonia
NATO join date 3/29/2004 3/29/2004
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 302696 875780
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 7.43 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Lithuania
2.64 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 42nd.

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 5,649.72 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than Lithuania
864.78 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 31st.
Active Ground Forces > Total per 1000 183.27
Ranked 2nd. 83% more than Lithuania
100.38
Ranked 3rd.
Manpower > Availability > Females 317,852
Ranked 136th.
906,097
Ranked 118th. 3 times more than Estonia

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 218,448
Ranked 147th.
678,434
Ranked 128th. 3 times more than Estonia

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 360,440
Ranked 145th.
937,055
Ranked 124th. 3 times more than Estonia

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 7.43 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Lithuania
2.64 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 42nd.

Conventional arms imports per capita $3.19
Ranked 44th.
$8.38
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Estonia
Spending of GDP 1.75%
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Lithuania
0.82%
Ranked 23th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 6,309
Ranked 163th.
19,527
Ranked 143th. 3 times more than Estonia
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 4.71
Ranked 210th.
5.94
Ranked 180th. 26% more than Estonia
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 264,187
Ranked 131st.
749,483
Ranked 117th. 3 times more than Estonia

ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2009-12-09 155
Ranked 26th. The same as Lithuania
155
Ranked 25th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 283,278
Ranked 141st.
735,536
Ranked 119th. 3 times more than Estonia

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 267.77
Ranked 47th.
274.45
Ranked 37th. 2% more than Estonia

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $80,000.00
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Lithuania
$30,000.00
Ranked 39th.
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP 0.26 per $1,000
Ranked 53th.
0.685 per $1,000
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Estonia
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 162.94
Ranked 141st.
202.03
Ranked 66th. 24% more than Estonia

Personnel > % of total labor force 1.21%
Ranked 66th.
1.79%
Ranked 39th. 48% more than Estonia

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 13 AUG 1999 07 FEB 2000
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 6668 20425
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 6309 19527
Active Ground Forces > Active troops/thousand citizens 4.25
Ranked 9th. 3% more than Lithuania
4.12
Ranked 13th.
Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 228.45
Ranked 149th.
272.53
Ranked 41st. 19% more than Estonia

Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 237.08
Ranked 89th.
269.82
Ranked 27th. 14% more than Estonia

Expenditure > % of GDP 1.56%
Ranked 61st.
1.8%
Ranked 46th. 15% more than Estonia

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 6.21
Ranked 176th.
7.71
Ranked 143th. 24% more than Estonia

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 5.65 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than Lithuania
0.865 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 31st.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 6,309
Ranked 163th.
19,527
Ranked 143th. 3 times more than Estonia
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 1%
Ranked 69th.
1.49%
Ranked 40th. 49% more than Estonia

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 4.71
Ranked 208th.
5.94
Ranked 178th. 26% more than Estonia
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.191 per capita
Ranked 66th.
0.215 per capita
Ranked 24th. 13% more than Estonia

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 6 per 1,000 people
Ranked 193th.
6.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 166th. 16% more than Estonia

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.242 per capita
Ranked 123th.
0.274 per capita
Ranked 49th. 13% more than Estonia

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 6.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 192nd.
7.27 per 1,000 people
Ranked 164th. 14% more than Estonia

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP $0.74 per $100,000 of GDP
Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Lithuania
$0.14 per $100,000 of GDP
Ranked 40th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 5.27
Ranked 206th.
5.81
Ranked 194th. 10% more than Estonia
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 210.44
Ranked 26th.
215.43
Ranked 15th. 2% more than Estonia

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita $0.06
Ranked 34th. 7 times more than Lithuania
$0.01
Ranked 38th.
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP 0.000364%
Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Lithuania
7.67e-05%
Ranked 40th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 7,846
Ranked 156th.
24,735
Ranked 140th. 3 times more than Estonia

Military expenditure > % of GDP 2.29%
Ranked 34th. 32% more than Lithuania
1.73%
Ranked 53th.

Navy > Anti-mine ships 7
Ranked 4th. 75% more than Lithuania
4
Ranked 10th.
Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP 2.12%
Ranked 24th. 12% more than Lithuania
1.9%
Ranked 11th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 5.85
Ranked 178th.
7.37
Ranked 141st. 26% more than Estonia

Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 6.19%
Ranked 40th.
6.37%
Ranked 26th. 3% more than Estonia

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 197.06
Ranked 70th.
223.19
Ranked 30th. 13% more than Estonia

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