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Ecuador Military 2008

Military branches:
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007)

Military service age and obligation:
20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2006)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 20-49: 2,792,770
females age 20-49: 2,849,519 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 20-49: 2,338,428
females age 20-49: 2,380,327 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 133,922
females age 20-49: 129,758 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.8% (2006)

NOTE: The information regarding Ecuador on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ecuador Military 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ecuador Military 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.