Brasile Forza di lavoro militare - età militare

Forza di lavoro militare - età militare: 21-45 anni for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 anni for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2001)

Fonte: CIA World Factbook - Aggiornato a partire da Maggio 16, 2008