Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 25,000 active-duty troops (15,000 Land Forces; 5,000 Air/Air Defense; 5,000 other); approximately 3,000 Gendarmerie (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced, Russian/Soviet-era, and Yugoslav equipment and weapons systems; in recent years, it has purchased some weapons systems from China, such as anti-aircraft missiles and armed aerial drones (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription abolished in 2011 (2024). note: as of 2024, women made up about 11% of the military's full-time personnel |
Military deployments | 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2.4% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2.2% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2.2% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.2% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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