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Economic Indicator: Military Statistics (Military Expenditure, Military Branches, Service Age and Obligation, Manpower Available and Fit for Military Service)
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Cruzeiro Real
Currency Symbol: BRR
Military Expenditures: 1.47% of GDP (2012) ; 1.49% of GDP (2011) ; 1.47% of GDP (2010)
Military Branches: Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB), Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2011)
Military Service Age And Obligation: 18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 9-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2012)
Manpower Available For Military Service: males age 16-49: 53,350,703 ; females age 16-49: 53,433,918 (2010 est.)
Manpower Fit For Military Service: males age 16-49: 38,993,989 ; females age 16-49: 44,841,661 (2010 est.)
Manpower Reaching Militarily Significant Age Annually: male: 1,733,168 ; female: 1,672,477 (2010 est.)