Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 100,000, including cadre/professionals, conscripts, and militia; the Swiss Armed Forces consist of a small core of cadre/professional personnel along with a mix of militia and up to 20,000 conscripts brought in each year for training (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of military armaments to Switzerland; the Swiss defense industry produces a range of military land vehicles (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; every Swiss male has to serve at least 245 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by six 19-day intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2024). note: conscientious objectors can choose 390 days of community service instead of military service; as of 2023, women comprised about 1% of the active Swiss military |
Military deployments | 175 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.7% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.7% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 0.7% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 0.7% of GDP (2020) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 0.7% of GDP (2019) |
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