Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 45,000 active troops (42,000 ground; 3,000 air/defense) (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years however, Armenia has looked to other countries besides Russia to provide military hardware, including France and India (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-27 for voluntary (men and women), contract (men and women) or compulsory (men) military service; contract military service is 3-12 months or 3 or 5 years; conscripts serve 24 months; men under the age of 36, who have not previously served as contract servicemen and are registered in the reserve, as well as women, regardless of whether they are registered in the reserve can be enrolled in contractual military service; all citizens aged 27 to 50 are registered in the military reserve and may be called to serve if mobilization is declared (2023). note: in 2023, Armenia approved six-month voluntary service for women, after which they have the option to switch to a five-year contract; previously, women served on a contract basis; as of 2021, women made up about 10% of the active duty military |
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Military Expenditures 2024 | 5.3% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 5.6% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 4.3% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 4.4% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 5% of GDP (2020 est.) |
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