Brazil Military 2009, CIA World Factbook




Brazil Military 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/brazil/brazil_military.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Military branches:
Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB), Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2009)

Military service age and obligation:
21-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2001)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 52,449,957
females age 16-49: 52,375,921 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 38,043,555
females age 16-49: 44,267,520 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 1,690,031
female: 1,630,851 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:
2.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil Military 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil Military 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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