| Military branches | Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Slovenské Pozemné Sily), Air Forces (Slovenské Vzdušné Sily), Special Operations Forces (Sily Pre Speciálne Operácie) (2021) |
| Military service age and obligation | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription in peacetime suspended in 2004; women are eligible to serve (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 2% of GDP (2020 est.) 1.71% of GDP (2019) 1.23% of GDP (2018) 1.11% of GDP (2017) 1.12% of GDP (2016) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic have approximately 13,000 active duty personnel (6,000 Land Forces; 4,000 Air Forces; 3,000 other, including staff, special operations, and support forces) (2020) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the inventory of the Slovakian military consists mostly of Soviet-era platforms; since 2010, it has imported limited quantities of equipment from China, Czechia, Italy, Russia, and the US (2020) |
| Military deployments | 240 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (Jan 2021) |
| Military - note | Slovakia officially became a member of NATO in 2004 |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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