Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 6,000 active-duty troops (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory is a mix of Soviet-era and smaller quantities of more modern, mostly Western equipment; in recent years, Slovenia has begun a modernization program and imported growing amounts of NATO-standard European and US equipment (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; must be a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia; recruits sign up for 3-, 5-, or 10-year service contracts; conscription abolished in 2003 (2023). note: as of 2023, women comprised about 16% of the military's full-time personnel |
Military deployments | 100 Kosovo (NATO); 100 Slovakia (NATO) (2024). note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Slovenia, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2024 | 1.3% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.3% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.3% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.2% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1% of GDP (2020) |
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