Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 12,000 active-duty troops, including about 3,000 National Guard; estimated 5,000 Republican Police (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the FAB is equipped with a small mix of mostly older or secondhand French, Soviet-era, and US equipment; in recent years, the EU, France, and the US have provided it with limited amounts of newer military hardware such as armored vehicles and helicopters (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-30 years of age for voluntary and selective compulsory military service for men and women; conscript service is 18 months (2024). |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.5% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.7% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 0.7% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 0.5% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 0.5% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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