Nepal and its Military Strength

Hey everyone! Recently you should have noticed that I have been preparing some posts about Nepal,well the reason I have been posting about Nepal and its facts is because I am disappointed by the fact that there are only a few report or information in internet about Nepal. So I have been posting about Nepal to fill the gap left open in the internet. Here I will be talking about Nepal’s military strength and its prowess.

Nepal and its Military Strength

Nepal is a small country located in South Asia and wedged between two giants powerful countries, India and China, with an area of 147,181 square kilometers and a population of approximately 30 million. Known for being one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, Nepal has about half of its population unemployed and roughly one-quarter of its population living below the poverty line. Nepal’s total GDP is about $21.14 billion(2016). The economy is heavily dependent on imports of basic materials, export of local products, remittances and on foreign markets for its forest and agricultural products. As an agricultural country, Nepal’s more than half of the population is involved in agriculture with low productivity. Industrialization in Nepal is still in its beginning phase and tourism is expanding industry. Soon after the two challenging years due to two great earthquakes, Nepal took on 30 thousand casualties, about 10 thousand lives and damage of estimated $10 billions. Additionally, Nepal faced a complete disruption in cross-border trade with India causing fuel crisis all over Nepal. However, Nepal was able to get back into its tracks by initiating a series of management reforms and other restoration activities which resulted on the increase of economic growth rate by whopping 7.5% which is considered the highest growth rate since 1994.

Now talking about military strength as of 2017, Nepal’s
Defense Budget - $210 million

Manpower:

Available Manpower – 14,600,000
Manpower Fit -For-Military Service – 11,210,000
Manpower Reaching Military Age – 750,000 (annually)
Total Military Personnel – 157,000
Active Personnel – 95,000
Reserve Personnel – 62,000

Air Power:

Total Aircraft Strength – 22
Total Transport Aircraft Strength – 22
Total Helicopter Strength – 18

Army Strength:

Armed Fighting Vehicles – 1480
Towered Artillery – 120

Navy Strength:

Total Navy Strength – 0

Although Nepal being a ‘weak’ country when it comes to military strength, Nepal has received the support of several allied countries like China, United Kingdom, USA and others as well. Nepal also has been contributing towards other countries when needed. At last but not the least, Nepal is known to sent many of its feared and tough fighters known as Gorkhas in countries such as Britain, India and several other countries.

Note: I don’t take any credit for the above images. I have prepared the above information by using several data I collected from certified websites and reports of many organizations. I apologize to you(readers) for any mistake or something I have missed on this post and also want to say that Nepal although recognized as 'weak' worldwide isn't absolutely powerless.

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Data Source:http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=nepal