| Military branches | Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard (2021) note - an AFL Air Wing is under development; it was previously disbanded in 2005, but two Liberian pilots completed training by the Nigerian Air Force in 2018 |
| Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 0.5% of GDP (2019) 0.4% of GDP (2018) 0.4% of GDP (2017) 0.4% of GDP (2016) 0.4% of GDP (2015) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) have approximately 2,000 personnel (2020) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the AFL has almost no significant combat hardware as nearly all aircraft, equipment, materiel, and facilities were damaged or destroyed during the country's civil war; it has received little new equipment outside of ammunition, small arms, and trucks from China in 2008, and boats and vehicles donated by the US in the 2010s (2020) |
| Military deployments | 150 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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