Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; estimated 30-35,000 active FAN troops; estimated 5-10,000 paramilitary Gendarmerie and National Guard personnel (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the FAN has a wide mix of mostly older, typically Soviet-era, or donated/secondhand weapons and equipment, along with small quantities of more modern items such as unmanned aerial vehicles/drones and air defense systems; suppliers have included China, Egypt, France, Italy, Russia, Turkey, and the US (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18 is the legal minimum age for selective compulsory or voluntary military service for unmarried men and women; 24-month service term (2023). |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 2% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.7% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.8% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1.7% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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