Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 180,000 active-duty troops (95,000 Army; 45,000 Navy, including approximately 10,000 marines; 40,000 Air Force) (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | most of the Taiwan military's equipment inventory was acquired from the US, either as secondhand or direct acquisitions; Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry which produces weapons systems such as missiles and naval platforms (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | men 18-36 years of age may volunteer or must complete 12 months of compulsory military service; civil service can be substituted for military service in some cases; women may enlist but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases (2024). note 1: in January 2024, Taiwan extended compulsory service from 4 to 12 months for men born in 2005 and thereafter note 2: as of 2023, women made up about 15% of the active-duty military |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2.4% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2.1% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2.1% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2.1% of GDP (2020) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1.8% of GDP (2019) |
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