Mexico-Transportation

Published: 29 Oct 2008 09:47:30 PST

Military branches:   
Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito, includes Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM)); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes Naval Air Force (FAN), naval infantry) (2009)
 
Military service age and obligation:   
18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary enlistment; conscripts serve only in the Army; Navy and Air Force service is all voluntary; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2007)
 
Manpower available for military service:   
males age 16-49: 28,475,126
females age 16-49: 30,048,077 (2010 est.)
 
Manpower fit for military service:   
males age 16-49: 22,893,649
females age 16-49: 25,401,642 (2010 est.)
 
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:   
male: 1,108,032
female: 1,069,885 (2010 est.)
 
Military expenditures:   
0.5% of GDP (2006 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163