Military branches:
People's National Army (Armee Nationale Populaire, ANP), Land Forces (Forces Terrestres, FT), Navy of the Republic of Algeria (Marine de la Republique Algerienne, MRA), Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya, QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 19-30 years of age for compulsory service; conscript service obligation is 18 months (6 months basic training, 12 months civil projects) (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
10,273,129
females age 16-49:
10,114,552 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
8,622,897
females age 16-49:
8,626,222 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
342,895
female:
330,098 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Algeria Military 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria Military 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
4.48% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 7
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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This page was last modified 10-Feb-15