Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 20,000 active-duty personnel (13,500 Army; 4,000 Navy; 2,500 Air Force) (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory is comprised of mostly older or obsolescent equipment from a variety of foreign suppliers, particularly Brazil and the US; in recent years, the Paraguayan Government has purchased small quantities of more modern equipment (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory (men) and voluntary (men and women) military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy; conscripts also serve in the National Police (2024). note: as of 2021, women made up about 6% of the active military |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.8% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.8% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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