Military Ecuador
Military branches:
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard),
Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE)
Military service age and obligation:
20 years of age for conscript military service; 12-month service
obligation (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 20-49: 2,792,770 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 20-49: 2,338,428 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 133,922 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$655 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.2% (2004)
Transnational Issues Ecuador
Disputes - international:
organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across
Ecuador's shared border and caused over 20,000 refugees to flee into
Ecuador in 2004