Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 25,000 active troops (23,000 Army, including about 2,000 Special Forces; 1,000 Navy; 1,000 Air Force); 5-10,000 Gendarmerie (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the inventory of the FACI consists mostly of older or second-hand equipment, typically of French or Soviet-era origin; Cote d'Ivoire was under a partial UN arms embargo from 2004 to 2016; in recent years it has received some new and second-hand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Bulgaria, China, France, South Africa, and Turkey (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-26 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women; conscription is reportedly not enforced (2023). |
Military deployments | 180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.9% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.9% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.1% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.1% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1.1% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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