Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 27,000 active-duty personnel (17,000 Army; 3,000 Navy; 7,000 Air Force) (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory consists mostly of Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years Bulgaria has procured limited amounts of more modern Western weapons systems (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-40 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in 2007; service obligation 6-9 months (2023). note 1: in 2021, women comprised about 17% of the Bulgarian military's full-time personnel note 2: in 2020, Bulgaria announced a program to allow every citizen up to the age of 40 to join the armed forces for 6 months of military service in the voluntary reserve |
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Military Expenditures 2024 | 2.2% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.9% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.6% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.6% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.6% of GDP (2020) |
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