Branches: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (includes paramilitary Mobile Force Unit), paramilitary Malawi Young Pioneers

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,960,082; 995,864 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $22 million, 1.6% of GDP (1989 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Malawi 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 Malawi Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malawi Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.