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Military Stats: compare key data on Russia & Spain

Definitions

  • Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
  • Army > Attack helicopters: Number of attack helicopter (includes helicopters that have some attacking capabilities).
  • Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
  • Battle-related deaths > Number of people: Battle-related deaths (number of people). 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.
  • 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 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 > Nuclear submarines: Number of nuclear submarines.
  • 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."
  • Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries: Compares the world's largest arms exporters, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC.
  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • 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 branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
  • Personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
  • Navy > Frigates: Number of frigates.
  • Navy > Destroyers: Number of destroyers.
  • Navy > Cruisers: Number of cruisers.
  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • Battle-related deaths > Number of people per million: Battle-related deaths (number of people). 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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Navy > Amphibious warfare ships: Number of amphibious warfare ships.
  • Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries per million people: Compares the world's largest arms exporters, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC. Figures expressed per million 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.)"
  • Highest military decorations > Name: Name of each country’s highest military decoration.
  • Air force > Aircraft carriers > Total: Total amount of aircraft carriers possessed by each country. 
  • 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.
  • Air force > Aircraft carriers > Commissioned:

    Amount of aircraft carriers in full service in each country. These numbers can also be interpreted as the amount of each country's commissioned aircraft carriers.   

  • Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Personnel per 1000: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
  • Armed forces growth: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
  • Imports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Defence spending > Percent of GDP: Defense expenditure as percentage of GDP. Figures are for the year 2010.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Air force > Aircraft carriers > In reserve: Total amount of reserve aircraft carriers in each country.
  • Forces in Europe > Artillery: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2005
  • Military expenditures > Percent of GDP: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Conventional arms > Exports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ 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).
  • Military spending > 2009 > USD billions: Defense expenditure of some countries in the year 2010.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2006
  • Exports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Conventional arms > Exports per capita: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ 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.
  • Forces in Europe > Aircraft: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2004
  • 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.
  • Forces in Europe > Helicopters: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2007
  • Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
  • Conventional arms > Exports > Per $ GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (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 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.
  • Forces in Europe > Helicopters per million: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2007. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Forces in Europe > ACVs: Conventional armed forces in Europe (ACVs = Armoured Combat Vehicles).
  • 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.
  • Forces in Europe > Artillery per million: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2005. Figures expressed per million 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Employment in arms > Production per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks per million: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2006. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Forces in Europe > ACVs per million: Conventional armed forces in Europe (ACVs = Armoured Combat Vehicles). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Military expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 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.
  • 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 > Fit for military service > Females 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.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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 > 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.
  • Conventional arms > Exports, % of GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (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
  • 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.
  • Forces in Europe > Aircraft per million: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2004. Figures expressed per million 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.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . 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 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.
  • 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: 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.
STAT Russia Spain HISTORY
Air force > Combat aircraft 1,900
Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Spain
151
Ranked 11th.
Army > Attack helicopters 1,655
Ranked 1st. 276 times more than Spain
6
Ranked 11th.
Army > Main battle tanks 22,710
Ranked 1st. 41 times more than Spain
552
Ranked 19th.

Battle-related deaths > Number of people 359
Ranked 13th. 14 times more than Spain
26
Ranked 38th.

Budget 93.76 US$ BN
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Spain
25.5 US$ BN
Ranked 4th.
Global Peace Index 3.06
Ranked 8th. 96% more than Spain
1.56
Ranked 13th.

Military service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation is 1 year (conscripts can only be sent to combat zones after 6 months of training); reserve obligation to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16, cadets classified as members of the armed forces 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length
Navy > Aircraft carriers 1
Ranked 1st. The same as Spain
1
Ranked 1st.

Navy > Corvette warships 70
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 27th.
Navy > Nuclear submarines 33
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 5th.
Navy > Submarines 17
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Spain
4
Ranked 9th.
Paramilitary personnel 449,000
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Spain
80,210
Ranked 17th.
Personnel > Per capita 10.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 28th. Twice as much as Spain
5.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.

Service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation - 1 year; reserve obligation to age 50; as of July 2008, a draft military strategy called for the draft to continue up to the year 2030 20 years of age
War deaths 339
Ranked 17th.
0.0
Ranked 108th.

Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries 8,003
Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Spain
720
Ranked 9th.

Armed forces personnel 1.52 million
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Spain
166,000
Ranked 30th.
Military expenditures 3.9% of GDP
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Spain
1.2% of GDP
Ranked 28th.
Military branches Ground Forces (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (Vozdushno-Desantnyye Voyska, VDV), Strategic Rocket Forces (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Aerospace Defense Troops (Voyska Vozdushno-Kosmicheskoy Oborony or Voyska VKO) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of the ground troops Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA)
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 3.9%
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Spain
1.2%
Ranked 120th.

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Armed forces personnel > Total 1.48 million
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Spain
223,000
Ranked 24th.

Personnel 1.45 million
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Spain
220,000
Ranked 27th.

Navy > Frigates 5
Ranked 1st.
10
Ranked 6th. Twice as much as Russia

Navy > Destroyers 14
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 10th.
Navy > Cruisers 5
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 5th.
Branches Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Troops (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of ground troops Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA)
Battle-related deaths > Number of people per million 2.51
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Spain
0.666
Ranked 36th.

Navy > Amphibious warfare ships 15
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Spain
2
Ranked 8th.
Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries per million people 55.76
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Spain
15.58
Ranked 8th.

Military expenditure > Current LCU 1.69 trillion
Ranked 10th. 128 times more than Spain
13.2 billion
Ranked 60th.

Highest military decorations > Name The Gold Star Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
Air force > Aircraft carriers > Total 7
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Spain
3
Ranked 9th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 693,843
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Spain
217,244
Ranked 52nd.

Air force > Aircraft carriers > Commissioned 1
Ranked 10th. The same as Spain
1
Ranked 9th.
Armed forces personnel per 1000 10.39
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Spain
4.12
Ranked 71st.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 821,103
Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Spain
203,650
Ranked 53th.

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Personnel per 1000 10.14
Ranked 28th. Twice as much as Spain
5.07
Ranked 74th.

Expenditure > Current LCU 808806000000 9330000000
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Armed forces growth -71%
Ranked 126th. 6% more than Spain
-67%
Ranked 125th.
Imports > USD 100 million
Ranked 40th.
363 million
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Russia

Defence spending > Percent of GDP 3.5%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Spain
1.16%
Ranked 22nd.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 40 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 50th.
281 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 24th. 7 times more than Russia

Air force > Aircraft carriers > In reserve 0.0
Ranked 13th.
0.0
Ranked 11th.
Forces in Europe > Artillery 5,856
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Spain
1,015
Ranked 11th.
Expenditures 3.9% of GDP
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Spain
1.2% of GDP
Ranked 58th.
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 3.9% of GDP
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Spain
1.2% of GDP
Ranked 52nd.
Conventional arms > Exports $6.20 billion
Ranked 1st. 83 times more than Spain
$75.00 million
Ranked 16th.
Military spending > 2009 > USD billions 53.3 18.3
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 26381518 9116928
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 5.77 billion constant 1990 US$
Ranked 2nd. 51 times more than Spain
113 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 15th.

Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 4,982
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Spain
568
Ranked 14th.
Employment in arms > Production 835,000
Ranked 3rd. 33 times more than Spain
25,000
Ranked 23th.
Exports > USD 5.95 billion
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Spain
623 million
Ranked 6th.

Conventional arms > Exports per capita $41.79
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Spain
$1.93
Ranked 22nd.
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 2,358
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Spain
166
Ranked 13th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 4.83
Ranked 214th. 3% more than Spain
4.7
Ranked 218th.

Forces in Europe > Helicopters 445
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Spain
28
Ranked 14th.
Manpower > Availability > Males 36.22 million
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Spain
10.03 million
Ranked 29th.

Manpower > Military age 18 years of age 20 years of age
Conventional arms > Exports > Per $ GDP 4.4 per $1,000
Ranked 1st. 55 times more than Spain
0.08 per $1,000
Ranked 22nd.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996 24 SEP 1996
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 1.29 million
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Spain
233,384
Ranked 39th.
Forces in Europe > Helicopters per million 3.13
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Spain
0.624
Ranked 20th.
Forces in Europe > ACVs 9,292
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Spain
987
Ranked 15th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 693,843
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Spain
217,244
Ranked 52nd.
Forces in Europe > Artillery per million 40.91
Ranked 13th. 75% more than Spain
23.39
Ranked 20th.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 34985115 11204688
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 40,324.61 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Spain
2,603.8 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 19th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 0.27 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 84th.
6.47 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 32nd. 24 times more than Russia

Military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Date of information 2005 est. 2005
Employment in arms > Production per 1000 5.72
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Spain
0.614
Ranked 36th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 21.49 million
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Spain
8.23 million
Ranked 27th.

Manpower > Availability > Females 37.02 million
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Spain
9.76 million
Ranked 28th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 36 million
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Spain
10.52 million
Ranked 29th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 0.27 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 85th.
6.47 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 32nd. 24 times more than Russia

Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks per million 34.96
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Spain
12.88
Ranked 23th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 660,359
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Spain
205,278
Ranked 53th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 4.64
Ranked 214th. 4% more than Spain
4.46
Ranked 217th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 28.76 million
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Spain
7.99 million
Ranked 28th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 24 million
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Spain
8.39 million
Ranked 23th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 251.48
Ranked 77th. 4% more than Spain
242.51
Ranked 107th.

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000 9.05
Ranked 79th. 74% more than Spain
5.2
Ranked 141st.
Forces in Europe > ACVs per million 64.26
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Spain
23.5
Ranked 24th.
Military expenditure > % of GDP 4.33%
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Spain
1.26%
Ranked 78th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 781,570
Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Spain
191,352
Ranked 54th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 167.66
Ranked 85th.
193.36
Ranked 57th. 15% more than Russia

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 40.31 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Spain
2.6 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 19th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 202.61
Ranked 66th. 16% more than Spain
175.4
Ranked 111th.

Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 260.8
Ranked 49th. 22% more than Spain
214.35
Ranked 132nd.

Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 255.16
Ranked 81st. 16% more than Spain
220.24
Ranked 165th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 4.87
Ranked 216th. 6% more than Spain
4.59
Ranked 222nd.
Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 18.76%
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Spain
4.15%
Ranked 48th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.213 per capita
Ranked 27th. 9% more than Spain
0.195 per capita
Ranked 61st.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 5.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 205th. 18% more than Spain
4.73 per 1,000 people
Ranked 218th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.272 per capita
Ranked 55th. 11% more than Spain
0.246 per capita
Ranked 119th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 5.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 208th. 16% more than Spain
5.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 217th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 693843 217244
Conventional arms > Exports, % of GDP 1.2%
Ranked 3rd. 83 times more than Spain
0.0144%
Ranked 29th.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 30 JUN 2000 31 JUL 1998
Personnel > % of total labor force 1.98%
Ranked 35th. 89% more than Spain
1.05%
Ranked 77th.

Forces in Europe > Aircraft per million 16.39
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Spain
3.89
Ranked 21st.
Expenditure > % of GDP 3.74%
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Spain
1.03%
Ranked 88th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 5.78
Ranked 187th. 29% more than Spain
4.47
Ranked 200th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 5.51
Ranked 188th. 31% more than Spain
4.2
Ranked 199th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 151.38
Ranked 153th.
180.62
Ranked 127th. 19% more than Russia

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 4.64
Ranked 212th. 4% more than Spain
4.46
Ranked 215th.
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 1.94%
Ranked 28th. 98% more than Spain
0.98%
Ranked 70th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 660359 205278
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 660,359
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Spain
205,278
Ranked 53th.

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