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  • 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.

    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.
  • 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."
  • Active military personnel: Active military personnel.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.)
  • Army > Mortars: Mortar.
  • Army > Troops prepared for deployed operations: Troops prepared for deployed operations.
  • Nuclear weapons > Non-Proliferation treaty sign date: Signed.

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

  • Army > Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation: Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation.
  • 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."
  • Active Ground Forces > Active Personnel > 2008: Strength of active personnel in ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force.
  • 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
  • Army > Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation per million people: Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Weapon holdings per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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."
  • Active Ground Forces > Active Personnel > 2008 per 1000: Strength of active personnel in ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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 (€).
  • Army > Troops prepared for deployed operations per million people: Troops prepared for deployed operations. Figures expressed per million 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.
  • Navy > Corvettes: Corvette.

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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Manpower 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.)
  • Navy > Anti-mine ships: Anti-mine ship.

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

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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."
  • 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 military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities per million: Number of fatalities among coalition forces in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching 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.
  • 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
  • Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities: Number of fatalities among coalition forces in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan.
  • 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.)"
STAT Romania Sweden HISTORY
Air force > Combat aircraft 48
Ranked 36th.
138
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Romania
Armed forces personnel 207,000
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Sweden
53,000
Ranked 65th.
Army > Main battle tanks 350
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Sweden
160
Ranked 36th.

Budget 2.9 US$ BN
Ranked 25th.
6.7 US$ BN
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Romania
Global Peace Index 1.58
Ranked 133th. 20% more than Sweden
1.32
Ranked 25th.

Military branches Land Forces, Naval Forces (Fortele Naval, FN), Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR) Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet)
Military expenditures 1.9% of GDP
Ranked 2nd. 27% more than Sweden
1.5% of GDP
Ranked 23th.
Military service age and obligation 20-35 years of age for compulsory male military service; conscription ended 2006, but military service remains mandatory; 18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36 18-47 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; Swedish citizenship required; service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); the Swedish Parliament has abolished compulsory military service, with exclusively voluntary recruitment as of July 2010; conscription remains an option in emergencies; after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47
Navy > Aircraft carriers 0.0
Ranked 50th.
0.0
Ranked 53th.
Navy > Corvette warships 4
Ranked 16th.
9
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Romania
Navy > Submarines 1
Ranked 23th.
5
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Romania
Paramilitary personnel 79,900
Ranked 18th. 100 times more than Sweden
800
Ranked 103th.
Personnel > Per capita 8.18 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Sweden
3.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 103th.

Service age and obligation 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription officially ended October 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service; subsequent voluntary service contracts are for successive 3-year terms until the age of 36 19 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation: 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 69th.
0.0
Ranked 72nd.

Active military personnel 68,340
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Sweden
13,949
Ranked 16th.
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.47%
Ranked 56th. 65% more than Sweden
1.5%
Ranked 59th.

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Armed forces personnel > Total 153,000
Ranked 37th. 9 times more than Sweden
17,600
Ranked 104th.

Personnel 177,000
Ranked 36th. 6 times more than Sweden
28,600
Ranked 89th.

Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita $45.18
Ranked 26th.
$637.01
Ranked 5th. 14 times more than Romania

Branches Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR), Special Operations Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet)
Active military personnel per thousand people 3.2
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Sweden
1.47
Ranked 26th.
Military expenditure > Current LCU 6.96 billion
Ranked 69th.
40.31 billion
Ranked 42nd. 6 times more than Romania

Navy > Patrol boats 6
Ranked 8th.
13
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Romania
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 117,798
Ranked 74th. 2 times more than Sweden
54,960
Ranked 101st.

Expenditures > Dollar figure $985.00 million
Ranked 13th.
$5.73 billion
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Romania

Weapon holdings 4.04 million
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Sweden
1.97 million
Ranked 41st.
Armed forces personnel per 1000 9.22
Ranked 25th. 54% more than Sweden
5.97
Ranked 44th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 127,706
Ranked 71st. 98% more than Sweden
64,605
Ranked 97th.

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Personnel per 1000 8.18
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Sweden
3.17
Ranked 103th.

Expenditure > Current LCU 6070000000 41614000000
Army > Mortars 1,117
Ranked 8th. 86% more than Sweden
600
Ranked 9th.
Army > Troops prepared for deployed operations 10,957
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Sweden
3,122
Ranked 13th.
Nuclear weapons > Non-Proliferation treaty sign date 1 Jul 1968 (L, M, W) 19 Aug 1968 (L, M, W)
Army > Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation 2,953
Ranked 5th. 50% more than Sweden
1,966
Ranked 8th.
Conscription <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists. <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists.
Armed forces growth 9%
Ranked 60th.
-20%
Ranked 90th.
Imports > USD 37 million
Ranked 52nd. 76% more than Sweden
21 million
Ranked 59th.

Active Ground Forces > Active Personnel > 2008 90,000
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Sweden
33,900
Ranked 13th.
Defence spending > Percent of GDP 1.24%
Ranked 18th. 1% more than Sweden
1.23%
Ranked 20th.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 579 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Sweden
104 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 36th.

Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.9% of GDP
Ranked 2nd. 27% more than Sweden
1.5% of GDP
Ranked 44th.
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP $21.50 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 26th. 31% more than Sweden
$16.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 43th.

Army > Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation per million people 138.46
Ranked 11th.
206.59
Ranked 7th. 49% more than Romania
Active Ground Forces > Total 273,900
Ranked 14th.
330,900
Ranked 12th. 21% more than Romania
Weapon holdings per 1000 182.32
Ranked 35th.
221.45
Ranked 30th. 21% more than Romania
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 4507880 1650432
Army > Armoured vehicles 2,578
Ranked 7th. 50% more than Sweden
1,722
Ranked 9th.
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 17 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 25th.
592 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 8th. 35 times more than Romania

Employment in arms > Production 15,000
Ranked 33th.
28,000
Ranked 21st. 87% more than Romania
Exports > USD 32 million
Ranked 19th.
380 million
Ranked 12th. 12 times more than Romania

ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2010-12-14 1,648
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Sweden
500
Ranked 15th.
Active Ground Forces > Active Personnel > 2008 per 1000 4.18
Ranked 11th. 14% more than Sweden
3.68
Ranked 14th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 5.52
Ranked 199th.
5.78
Ranked 195th. 5% more than Romania

Military spending (euros) \u20ac1,713,000,000 \u20ac4,331,000,000
Army > Troops prepared for deployed operations per million people 513.76
Ranked 12th. 57% more than Sweden
328.06
Ranked 17th.
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita $45.18 per capita
Ranked 27th.
$637.12 per capita
Ranked 5th. 14 times more than Romania

Conventional arms imports $276.00 million
Ranked 21st. 21 times more than Sweden
$13.00 million
Ranked 68th.
Defence spending > 2008[46] 2,009
Ranked 9th. The same as Sweden
2,009
Ranked 21st.
Manpower > Availability > Males 5.68 million
Ranked 50th. 3 times more than Sweden
2.05 million
Ranked 88th.

Manpower > Military age 20 years of age 19 years of age
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996 24 SEP 1996
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 172,093
Ranked 52nd. 3 times more than Sweden
58,724
Ranked 84th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 117,798
Ranked 74th. 2 times more than Sweden
54,960
Ranked 101st.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 5428939 1996764
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 785.79 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 27th.
65,602.55 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 1st. 83 times more than Romania

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 26.76 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Sweden
11.52 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 24th.

Navy > Corvettes 7
Ranked 2nd. 17% more than Sweden
6
Ranked 3rd.
Active Ground Forces > Total per 1000 12.73
Ranked 16th.
35.89
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Romania
Employment in arms > Production per 1000 0.678
Ranked 31st.
3.15
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Romania
Manpower > Availability > Females 5.56 million
Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Sweden
1.98 million
Ranked 83th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 4.57 million
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Sweden
1.7 million
Ranked 77th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 5.91 million
Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Sweden
2.06 million
Ranked 86th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 26.76 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Sweden
11.53 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 24th.

Conventional arms imports per capita $11.90
Ranked 23th. 8 times more than Sweden
$1.52
Ranked 63th.
Spending of GDP 1.26%
Ranked 13th. 13% more than Sweden
1.12%
Ranked 16th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 111,607
Ranked 75th. 2 times more than Sweden
52,275
Ranked 104th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 5.21
Ranked 204th.
5.57
Ranked 192nd. 7% more than Romania
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 4.64 million
Ranked 45th. 3 times more than Sweden
1.64 million
Ranked 73th.

ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2009-12-09 900
Ranked 11th. 80% more than Sweden
500
Ranked 15th.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 273.28
Ranked 40th. 20% more than Sweden
228.14
Ranked 130th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 4.97 million
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Sweden
1.8 million
Ranked 73th.

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000 7.99
Ranked 98th. 24% more than Sweden
6.42
Ranked 120th.
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP 1.61 per $1,000
Ranked 15th. 32 times more than Sweden
0.051 per $1,000
Ranked 79th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.231 per capita
Ranked 5th. 14% more than Sweden
0.203 per capita
Ranked 43th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 5.48 per 1,000 people
Ranked 210th.
6.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 169th. 23% more than Romania

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.275 per capita
Ranked 45th. 19% more than Sweden
0.232 per capita
Ranked 142nd.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 5.74 per 1,000 people
Ranked 211th.
7.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 167th. 24% more than Romania

Active Ground Forces > Active troops/thousand citizens 4.05
Ranked 14th. 12% more than Sweden
3.62
Ranked 17th.
Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 8.9%
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Sweden
4.31%
Ranked 46th.

Navy > Anti-mine ships 5
Ranked 8th.
11
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Romania
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP 0.721%
Ranked 17th. 135 times more than Sweden
0.00532%
Ranked 81st.
Expenditure > % of GDP 2.11%
Ranked 38th. 35% more than Sweden
1.56%
Ranked 60th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 5.94
Ranked 185th.
7.01
Ranked 153th. 18% more than Romania

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 212.52
Ranked 43th. 15% more than Sweden
184.29
Ranked 119th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 229.92
Ranked 9th. 15% more than Sweden
199.39
Ranked 47th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 121,852
Ranked 71st. Twice as much as Sweden
61,110
Ranked 96th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 111607 52275
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 111,607
Ranked 75th. 2 times more than Sweden
52,275
Ranked 104th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 117798 54960
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 05 OCT 1999 02 DEC 1998
Personnel > % of total labor force 1.72%
Ranked 44th. 3 times more than Sweden
0.61%
Ranked 107th.

Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 258.31
Ranked 52nd. 20% more than Sweden
214.82
Ranked 130th.

Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 264.13
Ranked 59th. 19% more than Sweden
222.66
Ranked 163th.

Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 1.54%
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than Sweden
0.35%
Ranked 128th.

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 0.786 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 27th.
65.56 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 1st. 83 times more than Romania

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 5.66
Ranked 185th.
6.63
Ranked 157th. 17% more than Romania

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 215.89
Ranked 45th. 22% more than Sweden
177.65
Ranked 110th.

Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities per million 0.139
Ranked 8th.
0.22
Ranked 5th. 58% more than Romania
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 5.41
Ranked 202nd.
6.03
Ranked 185th. 11% more than Romania
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 5.21
Ranked 202nd.
5.57
Ranked 190th. 7% more than Romania
Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP 2.15%
Ranked 22nd. 36% more than Sweden
1.58%
Ranked 40th.

Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities 3
Ranked 8th. 50% more than Sweden
2
Ranked 10th.
Military expenditure > % of GDP 1.42%
Ranked 69th. 9% more than Sweden
1.3%
Ranked 76th.

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