Military branches: Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito), 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), Mexican Naval Infantry Corps (Cuerpo de Infanteria de Marina, Mexmar or CIM)) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation is 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; cadets enrolled in military schools from the age of 15 are considered members of the armed forces (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 28,815,506
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
30,363,558 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 23,239,866
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
25,642,549 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 1,105,371
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female:
1,067,007 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico Military 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico Military 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
0.59% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 374
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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