| Main d'oeuvre militaire - âge minimum d'enrôlement | 18-45 ans for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 ans for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s, when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2012) |
| Dépenses militaires | 1.48% of GDP (2018) 1.42% of GDP (2017) 1.32% of GDP (2016) 1.36% of GDP (2015) 1.33% of GDP (2014) |
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du décembre 31, 2019
