Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Slovenské Pozemné Sily), Air Forces (Slovenské Vzdusné Sily), Special Operations Forces (Sily Pre Speciálne Operácie) (2021)
Hungarian Defense Forces: Land Forces (Army); Air Forces (note - both the air and land components are subordinate to a Joint Forces Combat Command); Logistics Center; Preparation and Training Command (2020)
note: the Hungarian Defense Forces are organized into a joint force structure with ground, air, and logistic components
Military service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription in peacetime suspended in 2004; women are eligible to serve (2019)
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 2005); 6-month service obligation (2019)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
2% of GDP (2020 est.)
1.71% of GDP (2019)
1.23% of GDP (2018)
1.11% of GDP (2017)
1.12% of GDP (2016)
1.85% of GDP (2020 est.)
1.25% of GDP (2019)
1.01% of GDP (2018)
1.19% of GDP (2017)
1% of GDP (2016)
Military - note
Slovakia officially became a member of NATO in 2004
Hungary joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997 and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance
Military and security service personnel strengths
the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic have approximately 13,000 active duty personnel (6,000 Land Forces; 4,000 Air Forces; 3,000 other, including staff, special operations, and support forces) (2020)
the Hungarian Defense Forces have approximately 25,000 active duty troops (20,000 Army; 5,000 Air Force) (2020)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
the inventory of the Slovakian military consists mostly of Soviet-era platforms; since 2010, it has imported limited quantities of equipment from China, Czechia, Italy, Russia, and the US (2020)
the inventory of the Hungarian Defense Forces consists largely of Soviet-era weapons, with a smaller mix of more modern European and US equipment; since 2010, Hungary has received limited quantities of equipment from several European countries and the US (2020)
Military deployments
240 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (Jan 2021)
