Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; approximately 30,000 active-duty troops, including about 4,000 Air Force personnel (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the ZDF inventory is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era and Chinese armaments with smaller quantities of older or obsolescent material from countries such as Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa, the UK, and the US; since the early 2010s, Zimbabwe has been under an arms embargo from the EU, as well as targeted sanctions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-22 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (18-24 for officer cadets; 18-30 for technical/specialist personnel); no conscription (2023). |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.3% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.5% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 0.8% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 0.5% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.6% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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