Branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,838,000; 937,304 fit for military service; no conscription

Defense expenditures: $55 million, 2.7% of GDP (1988)

NOTE: The information regarding Burkina on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burkina Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burkina Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.