Zimbabwe vs. Botswana

Military

	Zimbabwe	Botswana
Military branches	Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) (2021)	Botswana Defence Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2021)
Military service age and obligation	18-22 years of age for voluntary military service (18-24 for officer cadets; 18-30 for technical/specialist personnel); no conscription; women are eligible to serve (2021)	18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.7% of GDP (2019) 1.2% of GDP (2018) 1.5% of GDP (2017) 1.8% of GDP (2016) 1.9% 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 30,000 active duty troops, including about 4,000 serving in the Air Force (2021)	the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) has approximately 9,000 active personnel (2021)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions	the ZDF inventory is comprised mostly of older Chinese- and Russian-origin equipment; since 2000, China is the leading arms supplier to the ZDF, although there are no recorded deliveries of weapons since 2006; since the early 2000s, Zimbabwe has been under an arms embargo from the European Union, as well as targeted sanctions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US (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)

Source: CIA Factbook