| Military branches | Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie (2021) |
| Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in the Armed Forces (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 2.7% of GDP (2019) 2.5% of GDP (2018) 4.3% of GDP (2017) 6.4% of GDP (2016) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC) have approximately 12,000 active duty troops (8,000 Army; 800 Navy; 1,000 Air Force; 2,000 Gendarmerie) (2020) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the FAC is armed with mostly ageing Russian/Soviet-era weapons, with some French and South African equipment; the leading supplier of arms to the FAC since 2010 is South Africa (2020) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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