| Truppenstärke - alter militärischer | 18-35 Jahre (men) and 18-27 Jahre (women) for voluntary military service; no conscription (a 2010 law reintroducing conscription has not yet entered into force); 2-year service obligation; male (ages 18-45) and female (ages 18-35) professionals (including doctors, engineers, mechanics) serve up to 3 years; service terms may be stretched to 5 years in an officially declared emergency; Burma signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 15 August 1991; on 27 June 2012, the regime signed a Joint Action Plan on prevention of child recruitment; in February 2013, the military formed a new task force to address forced child conscription; since that time, approximately 880 children have been released from military service (2015) |
| Militärausgaben, Anteil am BIP | 2.93% of GDP (2018) 3.24% of GDP (2017) 3.74% of GDP (2016) 4.08% of GDP (2015) 3.58% of GDP (2014) |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
