Military and security service personnel strengths | estimated 15,000 active-duty personnel, including approximately 3,000 Gendarmerie (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the FAT has a small, mixed inventory of mostly older equipment from a variety of countries; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of equipment from several suppliers, including France, Russia, Turkey, and the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for military service for men and women; 24-month service obligation; no conscription (2023). note: as of 2022, about 7% of the military's personnel were women |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2.2% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2.1% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.9% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.6% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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