Military branches:
Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18-24 years of age for voluntary military service (18-21 requires parental consent); no conscription; if the number of volunteers fails to meet the quota of recruits for a particular year, Congress can authorize the conscription of citizens turning 18 that year for a period not exceeding one year (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
10,038,967
females age 16-49:
9,959,134 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
8,458,362
females age 16-49:
8,414,460 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
339,503
female:
323,170 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures: Military - note:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Argentina 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 Argentina Military 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Argentina Military 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
0.91% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
the Argentine military is a well-organized force constrained by the country's prolonged economic hardship; the country has recently experienced a strong recovery, and the military is implementing a modernization plan aimed at making the ground forces lighter and more responsive (2008)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
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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