Branches: National Security Service (paramilitary police force)

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 50,788; 28,378 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $1.8 million, NA% of GDP (1984 est.)

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