Uganda vs. Rwanda

Military

	Uganda	Rwanda
Military branches	Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF): Land Forces, Air Forces, Marine Forces, Special Forces Command, Reserve Force (2021)	Rwanda Defense Force (RDF): Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force), Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR), Rwanda Reserve Force (2021)
Military service age and obligation	18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty (must be single, no children); 9-year service obligation (2019)	18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; Rwandan citizenship is required; enlistment is either as contract (5-years, renewable twice) or career (2019)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	2.1% of GDP (2019) 1.4% of GDP (2018) 1.5% of GDP (2017) 1.6% of GDP (2016) 1.4% of GDP (2015)	1.2% of GDP (2019) 1.2% of GDP (2018) 1.2% of GDP (2017) 1.2% of GDP (2016) 1.2% of GDP (2015)
Military and security service personnel strengths	information varies; approximately 45-50,000 troops, including about 1,000-1,500 air and marine personnel (2021)	the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) has approximately 33,000 active personnel (32,000 Army; 1,000 Air Force) (2021)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions	the UPDF's inventory is mostly older Russian/Soviet-era equipment with a limited mix of more modern Russian- and Western-origin arms; since 2010, the leading suppliers of arms to the UPDF are Russia and Ukraine (2020)	the RDF's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era and older Western - mostly French and South African - equipment; Rwanda has received a limited supply of imports since 2010 from a variety of countries, including China, Israel, Russia, and Turkey (2020)
Military deployments	6,200 Somalia (AMISOM); 620 Somalia (UNSOM); 250 Equatorial Guinea (Jan 2021)	1,370 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,125 Sudan (UNAMID); 2,750 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021) note - in mid-2021, Rwanda sent about 1,000 combat troops to Mozambique to assist the Mozambique Government in combating an insurgency

Source: CIA Factbook