| Truppenstärke - alter militärischer | registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system (2015) |
| Militärausgaben, Anteil am BIP | 0.58% of GDP (2018) 0.73% of GDP (2017) 0.75% of GDP (2016) 0.71% of GDP (2015) 0.75% of GDP (2014) |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
