| Military branches | Nepal Army (includes Air Wing); Nepal Armed Police Force (under the Ministry of Home Affairs; paramilitary force responsible for border and internal security, including counter-insurgency, and assisting the Army in the event of an external invasion) (2021) |
| Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service (including women); no conscription (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 1.6% of GDP (2019) 1.6% of GDP (2018) 1.7% of GDP (2017) 1.7% of GDP (2016) 1.6% of GDP (2015) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | the Nepal Army has approximately 95,000 active troops (including a small air wing of about 500 personnel) (2021) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the Army's inventory includes a mix of older equipment largely of British, Chinese, Indian, Russian, and South African origin; since 2010, Nepal has received limited amounts of newer hardware from several countries, including China, Italy, and Russia (2020) |
| Military deployments | Nepal has about 5,500 total troops deployed on UN peacekeeping missions, including: 725 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 880 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 870 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 230 Liberia (UNSMIL); 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 1,725 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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