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Military and Security Forces

Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer): Land Forces, Air Forces, Cyber Forces, Special Forces, Militia (reserves) (2023)

Military Service Age and Obligation

0: registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; men above the age of 18 are subject to compulsory military service; women may volunteer; compulsory service is for 6 months, or optionally, alternative civil/community service (Zivildienst) for 9 months (2023)

Note 1: as of 2022, women made up about 4% of the military's full-time personnel

Note 2: in a January 2013 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system; approximately 40% of those liable to compulsory service have opted in favor of alternative civil/community service

Military and Security Service Personnel Strengths

approximately 20-25,000 active duty personnel (includes active militia) (2023)

Military Equipment Inventories and Acquisitions

the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported weapons systems from European countries and the US; the Austrian defense industry produces a range of equipment and partners with other countries (2023)

Military Deployments

170 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 250 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 200 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)

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Military Expenditures

0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)0.8% of GDP (2021)0.7% of GDP (2020)0.7% of GDP (2019)0.7% of GDP (2018)