Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 25-30,000 active-duty troops, the majority of which are ground forces (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment typically of French, Russian, and Soviet origin, and a smaller selection of more modern secondhand equipment from such countries as China, South Africa, and the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2023). |
Military deployments | 760 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); up to 3,000 in Somalia (ATMIS; note - foreign troop contingents under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final exit in December 2024) (2024). note: Burundi deployed military troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2022 as part of an East African regional force; as of 2024, as many as 1,000 troops reportedly remained in the DRC |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 3.7% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2.8% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2.1% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 3% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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