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Venezuela Military 2013
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SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

Military branches:
Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana, FANB): Bolivarian National Army (Ejercito Nacional Bolivariano, ENB), Bolivarian Navy (Armada Bolivariana, AB; includes Naval Infantry, Coast Guard, Naval Aviation), Bolivarian Military Aviation (Aviacion Militar Bolivariana, AMB), Bolivarian National Guard (Guardia Nacional Bolivaria, GNB) (2011)

Military service age and obligation:
18-30 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 30-month conscript service obligation; Navy requires 6th-grade education for enlisted personnel; all citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service (2011)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 7,013,854
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 7,165,661 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 5,614,743
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 6,074,834 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 277,210
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female: 273,353 (2010 est.)

Military expenditures:
1.2% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]


NOTE: The information regarding Venezuela on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Venezuela Military 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Venezuela Military 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.


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