Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 10,000 active-duty troops (8,000 Land and Mobile Forces; 2,000 Air and Air Defense Forces) (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory is comprised of older Russian and Soviet-era equipment; it has received limited quantities of weapons systems in recent years, most of which was secondhand material from Russia (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-27 years of age for compulsory (men only) or voluntary (men and women) military service; 24-month conscript service obligation (2023). note: in August 2021, the Tajik Government removed an exemption for university graduates but began allowing men to pay a fee in order to avoid conscription, although there is a cap on the number of individuals who can take advantage of this exemption |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.2% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.1% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.2% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.1% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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