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Reliability Index 5
(Very
Poor)
GDP 2009
$6.8-billion
Defense Budget
~$100-million.
Benin has unusually high defense expenditure per serviceperson
for Africa.
Personnel Active:
~4500
Gendarmerie ~1500
Terms of service: conscription
(selective), 18 months Benin has close military ties with the
US, but few details are available. The US trained and partially
equipped two Benin Army battalions under the Africa Crisis
Response Initiative. Benin does not show up on US FMS lists, nor
is there any identified base used by the US. Forces contributed to UN:
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