Namibia vs. Botswana

Military

	Namibia	Botswana
Military branches	Namibian Defense Force (NDF): Army, Navy, Air Force; Namibian Police Force: Special Field Force (paramilitary unit responsible for protecting borders and government installations) (2021)	Botswana Defence Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2021)
Military service age and obligation	18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2021)	18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	3% of GDP (2019) 3.2% of GDP (2018) 3.4% of GDP (2017) 3.9% of GDP (2016) 4.5% of GDP (2015)	2.8% of GDP (2019) 2.8% of GDP (2018) 3% of GDP (2017) 3.4% of GDP (2016) 2.7% of GDP (2015)
Military and security service personnel strengths	information varies; approximately 12,500 personnel (11,000 Army; 1,000 Navy; 500 Air Force) (2020)	the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) has approximately 9,000 active personnel (2021)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions	the inventory of the Namibian Defense Force consists mostly of Soviet-era equipment; China is the leading supplier of weapons to Namibia since 2010 (2020)	the BDF has a mix of foreign-supplied and mostly older weapons and equipment, largely from Europe and the US; since 2010, France is the leading supplier of armaments to the BDF (2020)