Serbia vs. Kosovo

Military

	Serbia	Kosovo
Military branches	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	Kosovo Security Force (KSF): Land Force Command; Logistics Command; Doctrine and Training Command; National Guard Command (2021)
Military service age and obligation	18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2011 (2021)	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)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	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)	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)
Military and security service personnel strengths	information varies; approximately 25,000 active duty troops (15,000 Land Forces; 5,000 Air/Air Defense; 5,000 other) (2020)	the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) has approximately 3,500 personnel; note - Kosovo plans for the KSF to eventually number around 5,000 troops (2021)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions	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)	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)

Source: CIA Factbook