Branches: paramilitary Special Mobile Force, Special Support Units, National Police Force, National Coast Guard

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 302,588; 155,176 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $4 million, 0.2% of GDP (1988)

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