Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; approximately 450,000 active-duty personnel (325,000 Army; 18,000 Navy; 30,000 Air Force; 75,000 Air Defense Command); approximately 300,000 Central Security Forces personnel (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems; in recent years, the EAF has embarked on an equipment modernization program with significant purchases from foreign suppliers; major suppliers have included China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the US; Egypt has an established defense industry that produces a range of products from small arms to armored vehicles and naval vessels; it also has licensed and co-production agreements with several countries, including Germany and the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | voluntary enlistment possible from age 16 for men and 17 for women; 18-30 years of age for conscript service for men; service obligation 14-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; active service length depends on education; high school drop-outs serve for the full 36 months, while college graduates serve for lesser periods of time, depending on their education level (2023). note: conscripts make up a considerable portion of the military and the Central Security Force |
Military deployments | 1,000 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); also has about 350 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.2% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.3% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.3% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1.3% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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