Military branches:
Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito, includes Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM)); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes Naval Air Force (FAN), naval infantry) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary enlistment; conscripts serve only in the Army; Navy and Air Force service is all voluntary; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2007)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 28,475,126
[see also: Manpower available for military service - males age 16-49 country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
30,048,077 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower available for military service - females age 16-49 country ranks ]
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 22,893,649
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - males age 16-49 country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
25,401,642 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - females age 16-49 country ranks ]
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 1,108,032
[see also: Manpower reaching military service age annually - male country ranks ]
female:
1,069,885 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower reaching military service age annually - female country ranks ]
Military expenditures:
0.5% of GDP (2006 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
