Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 40,000 active military personnel (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory includes a diverse mix of older and smaller quantities of more modern equipment derived from a variety of sources such as Brazil, China, France, Italy, Germany, Russia/Soviet-Union, Spain, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-22 years of age for selective conscript military service for men, although conscription was suspended in 2008; 18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 12-month service obligation (2023). note: in 2022, women made up an estimated 3-4% of the military |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2.3% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.2% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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