Branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP)--Army and Navy are separate components of FARP; Militia, Security Service

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 70,771; 41,844 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $15 million, 11% of GDP (1981)

NOTE: The information regarding Cape Verde on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cape Verde Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cape Verde Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.