Military
Category : Cape Verde

Armed forces growth

-86

[133rd of 132]

Armed forces personnel

1,000

[143rd of 166]

Arms imports > constant 1990 US$

1,000,000 constant 1990 US$

[92nd of 100]

Branches
People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing)

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification

01 MAR 2006

 

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature

01 OCT 1996

 

Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).

expenditure > % of GDP

0.71 %

[118th of 145]

expenditure > current LCU

585700000

 

Expenditures

0.7 % of GDP

[71st of 87]

Expenditures > Dollar figure

$14,100,000.00

[74th of 111]

    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)

$15.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP

[45th of 111]

Expenditures > Percent of GDP

0.7%

[84th of 154]

Manpower > Availability > Females

103,553

[151st of 162]

Manpower > Availability > Males

103,650

[167th of 210]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

95,450

[166th of 175]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

98,394

[166th of 175]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females

88,832

[150th of 162]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males

83,082

[165th of 210]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49

55,477

[165th of 174]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49

53,842

[166th of 174]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females

5,441

[165th of 226]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males

5,566

[166th of 226]

Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49

87,310

[111st of 120]

Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49

84,641

[128th of 164]

Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49

73,662

[107th of 119]

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49

65,614

[124th of 161]

personnel

1,000

[155th of 170]

personnel > % of total labor force

0.61 %

[108th of 168]

Service age and obligation
18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation

US military exports

$215.00 thousand

[82nd of 109]


SOURCES
calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde, Republica de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde, cape verde islands