Branches: Army, Gendarmerie

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,651,224; 842,480 fit for military service; no conscription

Defense expenditures: $37 million, 1.6% of GDP (1988 est.)

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