Military
Category : Chad
15 character

Armed forces growth

147

[11th of 132]

Armed forces personnel

30,000

[84th of 166]

Armed forces personnel (per capita)

3.10655 per 1,000 people

[90th of 166]

Arms imports > constant 1990 US$

15,000,000 constant 1990 US$

[70th of 100]

Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)

1.764 constant 1990 US$ per c

[77th of 170]

Branches
 Armed Forces; Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT), Gendarmerie

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature

08 OCT 1996

Conscription
 Selective conscription.

expenditure > % of GDP

0.9 %

[97th of 145]

expenditure > current LCU

26000000000

Expenditures

4.2 % of GDP

[15th of 87]

Expenditures > Dollar figure

$101,300,000.00

[48th of 111]

Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)

$22.94 per 1,000 $ of GDP

[30th of 111]

Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)

$10.72 per capita

[49th of 111]

Expenditures > Percent of GDP

4.2%

[15th of 154]

Manpower > Availability > Females

2,258,758

[79th of 162]

Manpower > Availability > Males

1,906,545

[92nd of 210]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

1,940,330

[90th of 175]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

2,008,825

[89th of 175]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)

0.213 per capita

[164th of 175]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)

200.925 per 1,000 people

[170th of 174]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females

1,279,318

[93rd of 162]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males

1,066,565

[106th of 210]

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

1,051,802

[98th of 174]

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

1,015,980

[100th of 174]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)

0.111 per capita

[164th of 174]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)

105.207 per 1,000 people

[168th of 173]

Manpower > Military age

20 years of age

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females

117,831

[72nd of 226]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)

11.653 per 1,000 people

[27th of 225]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males

116,824

[72nd of 226]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)

11.554 per 1,000 people

[45th of 225]

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

94,536

[64th of 157]

personnel

35,000

[84th of 170]

personnel (per capita)

3.59 per 1,000 people

[94th of 171]

personnel > % of total labor force

0.95 %

[85th of 168]

Service age and obligation
 20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation; 18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21

US military exports

$516.00 thousand

[57th of 109]

US military exports (per capita)

$0.05 thousand per 1,000 peopl

[71st of 109]

Weapon holdings

152,000

[105th of 137]

Weapon holdings (per capita)

15,739.9 per 1 million people

[102nd of 137]

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; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad