Branches: Royal Lesotho Defense Force (RLDF; including Army, Air Wing), Royal Lesotho Mounted Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 438,096; fit for military service 236,324

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $55 million, 13% of GDP (1990 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Lesotho on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lesotho Defense Forces 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lesotho Defense Forces 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.