Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 16,000 Mauritanian Armed Forces personnel (15,000 Army; 700 Navy; 300 Air Force); estimated 3,000 Gendarmerie; estimated 2,000 National Guard (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory is limited and made up largely of older French and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years, Mauritania has received some secondhand and new military equipment, including unmanned aircraft (drones), from several suppliers, including China and the UAE (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; has a compulsory two-year military service law, but the law has reportedly never been applied (2023). |
Military deployments | 450 (plus about 325 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2.5% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2.5% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2.4% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2.5% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.1% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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