Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard, Nomad Security Guard

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 423,501; 206,733 fit for military service; conscription law not implemented

Defense expenditures: $37 million, 4.2% of GDP (1987)

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania 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 Mauritania Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.