Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 8,800 active-duty (Regular Force) troops (4,300 Army; 2,100 Navy; 2,400 Air Force) (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the NZDF is equipped mostly with Western-supplied weapons and equipment with the US as the leading provider (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 17 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription (2024). note: New Zealand opened up all military occupations to women in 2000; as of 2024, women accounted for about 20% of Regular Force personnel |
Military deployments | small numbers of NZ military personnel are deployed on a variety of international missions in Africa, Antarctica, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.3% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.3% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.3% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.5% of GDP (2020) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1.4% of GDP (2019) |
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