Kosovo vs. Serbia

Military

	Kosovo	Serbia
Military branches	Kosovo Security Force (KSF): Land Force Command; Logistics Command; Doctrine and Training Command; National Guard Command (2021)	Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Land Forces (includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river flotilla on the Danube), Air and Air Defense Forces, Serbian Guard; Ministry of Interior: Gendarmerie (2021) note: the Guard is a brigade-sized unit that is directly subordinate to the Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff
Military service age and obligation	service is voluntary; must be over the age of 18 and a citizen of Kosovo; upper age for enlisting is 30 for officers, 25 for other ranks, although these may be waived for recruits with key skills considered essential for the KSF (2019)	18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2011 (2021)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.8% of GDP (2019) 0.8% of GDP (2018) 0.8% of GDP (2017) 0.8% of GDP (2016) 0.8% of GDP (2015)	2.4% of GDP (2020 est.) 2.2% of GDP (2019) 1.6% of GDP (2018 est.) 1.8% of GDP (2017 est.) 1.7% of GDP (2016)
Military and security service personnel strengths	the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) has approximately 3,500 personnel; note - Kosovo plans for the KSF to eventually number around 5,000 troops (2021)	information varies; approximately 25,000 active duty troops (15,000 Land Forces; 5,000 Air/Air Defense; 5,000 other) (2020)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions	the KSF is equipped with small arms and light vehicles only; it relies on donations and since 2013 has received donated equipment from Turkey and the US (2020)	the inventory of the Serbian Armed Forces consists of Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems; since 2010, most of its weapons imports have come from Russia (2020)

Source: CIA Factbook