Monday, October 1, 2012

I Feel a Draft

While preparing for my Civ-Mil Relations class, I came across this handy map:


via chartsbin.com*

* I have not done extensive research so I cannot say for sure that this graph is entirely accurate.

Which countries surprise you?  Germany just dropped its conscription so that surprise is no longer surprising.  I guess it would be Norway.  On the other side, I guess I am surprised that Pakistan does not have a draft.

What do y'all think?


1 comment:

Theo McLauchlin said...

Nathan Toronto has data: http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/mildat/RecruitmentCodebook.pdf