Military branches | Slovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska Vojska, SV): structured as a combined force with air, land, maritime, special operations, combat support, and combat service support elements (2021) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2019) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 1.1% of GDP (2020 est.) 1.06% of GDP (2019) 1.01% of GDP (2018) 0.98% of GDP (2017) 1% of GDP (2016) |
Military and security service personnel strengths | the Slovenian Armed Forces have approximately 7,000 active duty troops (2020) |
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the inventory of the Slovenian Armed Forces is a mix of Soviet-era and limited quantities of more modern Western equipment; since 2010, it has received limited supplies of military equipment from Finland, France, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the US (2020) |
Military deployments | 230 Kosovo (NATO) (2021) |
Military - note | Slovenia officially became a member of NATO in 2004 |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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