Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 21,000 active-duty troops (16,000 Army; 5,000 Air Force) (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the HDF has a mix of Soviet-era and more modern, Western equipment from such countries as Germany, France, Sweden, and the US; in 2017, Budapest launched a modernization program known as Zrinyi 2026, which was aimed at replacing its Soviet-era weaponry with modern systems, and increasing Hungary’s defense expenditure to 2% of GDP by 2024, in line with NATO spending targets (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 2005); 6-month service obligation (2023). note: as of 2021, women comprised over 20% of Hungary's full-time military personnel |
Military deployments | 150 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 150 Iraq (NATO); 410 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); note - Hungary has small numbers of troops on several UN missions (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2024 | 2.1% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2.1% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.8% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.7% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.8% of GDP (2020) |
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