Yemen Military - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/yemen/yemen_military.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Military branches:
Army (includes Special Forces), Naval Forces and Coastal Defenses (includes Marines), Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces), Republican Guard (2002)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 4,058,223 (2005 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,790,705 (2005 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 236,517 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$885.5 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
7.8% (2003)

Military - note:
a Coast Guard was established in 2002

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen Military 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen Military 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.