Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 6,000 active military personnel (2025) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory is a mix of Soviet-era and increasing amounts of modern equipment from countries such as Turkey, the UK, and the US, with more on order (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2007 (2024). note: as of 2024, women made up about 10% of the military's full-time personnel |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2025 | 2% of GDP (2025 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2024 | 1.9% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.7% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.6% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.5% of GDP (2021 est.) |
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