Military branches:
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Navy (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB; includes marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18-49 years of age for 12-month compulsory male and female military 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 (2011)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,472,490
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 2,535,768 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower available for military service - female country ranks ]
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,762,260
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 2,013,281 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - female country ranks ]
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 108,334
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female: 104,945 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female country ranks ]
Military expenditures:
1.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]