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Slovenia Military Profile

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Military branchesSlovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska Vojska, SV): structured as a combined force with air, land, maritime, special operations, combat support, and combat service support elements (2021)
Military service age and obligation18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2019)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

1.06% of GDP (2019)

1.01% of GDP (2018)

0.98% of GDP (2017)

1% of GDP (2016)
Military and security service personnel strengthsthe Slovenian Armed Forces have approximately 7,000 active duty troops (2020)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitionsthe inventory of the Slovenian Armed Forces is a mix of Soviet-era and limited quantities of more modern Western equipment; since 2010, it has received limited supplies of military equipment from Finland, France, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the US (2020)
Military deployments230 Kosovo (NATO) (2021)
Military - noteSlovenia officially became a member of NATO in 2004

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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