Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 23,000 active-duty personnel (15,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 3,000 Air Force) (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory includes a wide variety of older or second-hand equipment; in recent years, it has imported limited amounts of military hardware from a variety of countries with Spain as the leading supplier (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-30 years of age (18-22 years of age for Navy) for voluntary military service for men and women; up to 40 years of age for specialists; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies (2024). note: as of 2023, women comprised nearly 20% of the active military |
Military deployments | 600 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2.3% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.1% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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