| Military branches | Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): General Purpose Troops (Mongolian Army), Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security, Special Forces, Civil Engineering, Civil Defense Forces; Border Troops; Internal Security Troops (2020) |
| Military service age and obligation | 18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 1-year conscript service obligation in army or air forces or police for males only (can be exchanged for a 24-month stint in the civil service or a tax voucher); after conscription, soldiers can contract into military service for 2 or 4 years; citizens can also voluntarily join the armed forces (2020) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 0.7% of GDP (2019 est.) 0.7% of GDP (2018 est.) 0.8% of GDP (2017 est.) 0.9% of GDP (2016 est.) 0.9% of GDP (2015 est.) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | size estimates for the the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) vary; approximately 9,000 active duty troops (2020) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the MAF are armed with Soviet-era equipment supplemented by deliveries of second-hand Russian weapons (2020) |
| Military deployments | 860 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) note - from 2003 to July 2021, about 3,300 Mongolian troops served in Afghanistan, including about 1,300 since 2015 under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support Mission |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
