| Military branches | General Staff, Land Forces Command, Navy Force Command (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces Command, Support Command, Training and Doctrination Command (2021) |
| Military service age and obligation | 19 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age in case of general/partial compulsory mobilization; conscription abolished 2010 (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 1.3% of GDP (2020 est.) 1.31% of GDP (2019) 1.16% of GDP (2018) 1.11% of GDP (2017) 1.1% of GDP (2016) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; approximately 8,000 total active duty personnel (6,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 500 Air Force) (2020) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the Albanian military was previously equipped with mostly Soviet-era weapons that were sold or destroyed; its inventory now includes a mix of mostly donated and second-hand European and US equipment; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of equipment from France, Germany, and the US (2020) |
| Military deployments | 100 Afghanistan (NATO) (2021) |
| Military - note | Albania officially became a member of NATO in 2009 |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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