Greece Military Stats
Author: Luke.Metcalfe
Greece has pretty broad borders. The recent Greek history consists of a series of wars for freedom and national independence. Greeks faced multiple conflicts with the Ottomans during the last two centuries, and logically Turkey and Greece are fierce rivals. During the Second Balkan War, Greece faced Bulgaria. Finally, during the two World Wars, Greece faced multiple nations, including Albania, Italy, Germany and the newly established nation of Turkey. Obviously, Greece opposed all neighboring countries pretty recently. The wounds of the past are recent, and this keeps the Greek army on alert.
National defense is important to Greece and statistical facts prove the same. Greece has one of the most equipped armies in Europe, owning the most aircrafts per 1 million citizens (45.65 aircrafts per million people) and a respectable number of war tanks (154.55 tanks per million people), artillery units (171.2 artillery units per million people) and conventional weapons. According to 1990 stats, Greece imports conventional weapons that cost 1.43 billion, or 1.54% of GDP). Military equipment requires money, so Greek state spends lot of money. For example, 4.48% of Greek GDP was used for military expenditures in 2005.
Even with a well-equipped military, war conflicts still need manpower. For this reason, Greece is prepared. Men between 19-45 years are obliged to serve in the Greek army for a year. Almost 5 men out of 1,000 citizens recruit the new recruitment unit. Women can also serve in the Greek army if they wish. Greece has in total 15.13 soldiers per 1,000 people.
The three branches of Greek army are: Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Elliniko Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia, EPA). Greece is also part of the NATO alliance. For this reason, Greece has offered military help multiple times during regional conflicts. For example, the Greek Army was present in Iraq and Serbia war conflicts.
Definitions
- Active Ground Forces > Active Personnel > 2008: Strength of active personnel in ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force.
- Active military personnel: Active military personnel.
- Active military personnel per thousand people: Active military personnel. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
- Air force > Combat aircraft per million people: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability). Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Air force > F-16 fighers: F-16.
- Air force > Mirage aircraft: Mirage 2000.
- Air force > Mirage aircraft per million people: Mirage 2000. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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Air force > United States air force deployments:
USAF.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Armed forces growth: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
- Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
- Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
- Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries: Compares the world's largest arms importers, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC. For more comprehensive statistics, visit the intitute's databases section
- Army > Attack helicopters: Number of attack helicopter (includes helicopters that have some attacking capabilities).
- Army > Attack helicopters per million people: Number of attack helicopter (includes helicopters that have some attacking capabilities). Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
- Army > Main battle tanks per million people: Number of main battle tanks. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Army > Mortars: Mortar.
- Army > Multiple rocket launchers: Multiple rocket launcher.
- Army > Self-propelled guns: Self-propelled gun.
- Army > Towed artillery units: Towed artillery.
- Army > Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation: Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation.
- Army > Troops prepared for deployed operations: Troops prepared for deployed operations.
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Army > United States army deployments:
Army.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
- Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
- Budget per million people: Annual defense budget in billion USD. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
- Defence spending > Percent of GDP: Defense expenditure as percentage of GDP. Figures are for the year 2010.
- Expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
- Expenditures > Dollar figure: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies
- Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
- Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
- Gulf War Coalition Forces: Number of troops who served on active duty in the Gulf War theater of operations between August 2, 1990, and June 13, 1991.
- Imports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
- Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
- Manpower reaching military age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
- Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
- Military expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
- Military expenditures: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
- Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
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NATO > NATO reserves provided:
Reserve personnel.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
- Navy > Aircraft carriers per million people: Number of aircraft carriers. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Navy > Amphibious warfare ships: Number of amphibious warfare ships.
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Navy > Attack subs:
Attack sub.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Navy > Frigates: Number of frigates.
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Navy > Patrol boats:
Number of patrol boats (Includes minesweepers).
- Navy > Submarines: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers).
- Navy > Submarines per million people: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers). Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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Nuclear weapons > Non-Proliferation treaty sign date:
Signed.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Paramilitary personnel:
Paramilitary.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
- Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Personnel per 1000: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
- War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
SOURCES:
Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Military of the European Union; Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table) ("The 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2012 (table)" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute . Retrieved 15 April 2013 .); Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table) ("The 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2012 (table)" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute . Retrieved 15 April 2013 .). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (List); Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (List). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table); Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: United States military deployments (Combat zones); calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importers
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Greece Military Profiles (Subcategories)
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Greece has pretty broad borders. The recent Greek history consists of a series of wars for freedom and national independence. Greeks faced multiple conflicts with the Ottomans during the last two centuries, and logically Turkey and Greece are fierce rivals. During the Second Balkan War, Greece faced Bulgaria. Finally, during the two World Wars, Greece faced multiple nations, including Albania, Italy, Germany and the newly established nation of Turkey. Obviously, Greece opposed all neighboring countries pretty recently. The wounds of the past are recent, and this keeps the Greek army on alert.
National defense is important to Greece and statistical facts prove the same. Greece has one of the most equipped armies in Europe, owning the most aircrafts per 1 million citizens (45.65 aircrafts per million people) and a respectable number of war tanks (154.55 tanks per million people), artillery units (171.2 artillery units per million people) and conventional weapons. According to 1990 stats, Greece imports conventional weapons that cost 1.43 billion, or 1.54% of GDP). Military equipment requires money, so Greek state spends lot of money. For example, 4.48% of Greek GDP was used for military expenditures in 2005.
Even with a well-equipped military, war conflicts still need manpower. For this reason, Greece is prepared. Men between 19-45 years are obliged to serve in the Greek army for a year. Almost 5 men out of 1,000 citizens recruit the new recruitment unit. Women can also serve in the Greek army if they wish. Greece has in total 15.13 soldiers per 1,000 people.
The three branches of Greek army are: Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Elliniko Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia, EPA). Greece is also part of the NATO alliance. For this reason, Greece has offered military help multiple times during regional conflicts. For example, the Greek Army was present in Iraq and Serbia war conflicts.
Posted on 09 Apr 2014
Luke.Metcalfe
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