Military branches:
Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA; under operational control of the Army) (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
20-45 years of age for compulsory male and 18-45 years for voluntary male military service (registration at age 18 is mandatory); 20-45 years of age for voluntary female service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; Angolan citizenship required; the Navy (MGA) is entirely staffed with volunteers (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
3,062,438
females age 16-49:
2,964,262 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,546,781
females age 16-49:
1,492,308 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
155,476
female:
152,054 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Angola 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 Angola Military 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Angola Military 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
3.63% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 13
[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