| Military | South Korea |  = Fields  = World Records  = Dictionary  = Bar graph  = Distribution map  = Fields History  = Definitions |
Military branches:
|
Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force (2009) |
Military service age and obligation:
|
20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle school education required; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced to 18 months beginning 2016); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers (2008) |
Manpower available for military service:
|
males age 16-49: 13,691,809
females age 16-49: 13,029,859 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service:
|
males age 16-49: 10,991,263
females age 16-49: 10,356,604 (2009 est.) |
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
|
males: 371,728
females: 322,605 (2009 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
|
2.7% of GDP (2006) |
Military - note:
|
void |
| = Fields = World Records = Dictionary = Bar graph = Distribution map = Fields History = Definitions | |
|
|
|
This page was last updated on 29 June, 2009 |
|
|
Home 
Geographic Names
Chiefs of State
Intl. Organizations
Intl. Environmental Agree.
Other References
