Military branches:
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB; includes Marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18-49 years of age for 12-month compulsory male and female military service; Bolivian citizenship required; 17 years of age for voluntary service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides exemption from further military service (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
2,472,490
females age 16-49:
2,535,768 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,762,260
females age 16-49:
2,013,281 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
108,334
female:
104,945 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Bolivia 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 Bolivia Military 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bolivia Military 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
1.47% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 66
[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