Military
Category : Gabon

Air force personnel

1,000

[46th of 49]

Armed forces growth

96

[20th of 132]

Armed forces personnel

5,000

[132nd of 166]

Arms imports > constant 1990 US$

5,000,000 constant 1990 US$

[83rd of 100]

Army personnel

3,200

[49th of 49]

Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification

20 SEP 2000

  

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature

07 OCT 1996

  

Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).

expenditure > % of GDP

1.44 %

[68th of 145]

expenditure > current LCU

61000000000

  

Expenditures

3.4 % of GDP

[17th of 87]

Expenditures > Dollar figure

$184,800,000.00

[34th of 111]

    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)

$25.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP

[24th of 111]

Expenditures > Percent of GDP

3.4%

[34th of 154]

Manpower > Availability > Females

332,498

[136th of 162]

Manpower > Availability > Males

331,181

[148th of 210]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

305,603

[151st of 175]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

314,434

[151st of 175]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females

188,539

[139th of 162]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males

192,717

[150th of 210]

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

162,847

[151st of 174]

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

158,226

[151st of 174]

Manpower > Military age

20 years of age

  

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females

16,577

[147th of 226]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males

16,558

[147th of 226]

Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49

279,865

[99th of 120]

Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49

278,826

[112nd of 164]

Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49

156,122

[100th of 119]

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49

159,198

[112nd of 161]

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49

15,367

[80th of 91]

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49

15,325

[117th of 157]

Navy personnel

500

[49th of 49]

personnel

7,000

[139th of 170]

personnel > % of total labor force

1.17 %

[75th of 168]

Service age and obligation
20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service

Weapon holdings

60,000

[126th of 137]


SOURCES
Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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 ; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise