Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 17,000 active-duty armed forces personnel (12,500 Army, including the Amiri Guard and 25th Commando Brigade; 2,000 Navy; 2,500 Air Force); approximately 7,000 National Guard (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory consists of weapons from a wide variety of sources, including Western Europe, Russia, and particularly the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-55 years of age for voluntary military service; Kuwait reintroduced 12-month mandatory service for men aged 18-35 in May 2017 after having suspended conscription in 2001; mandatory service is divided in two phases – 4 months for training and 8 months for military service; women were allowed to volunteer in 2021 (2023). note: the National Guard is restricted to citizens, but in 2018, the Army began allowing non-Kuwaitis to join on contract or as non-commissioned officers; that same year, it also began allowing stateless people (Bidoon) to join |
Military deployments | . |
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Military Expenditures 2023 | 5% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 4.5% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 6.8% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 6.3% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 5.6% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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