Military branches:
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2010)

Military service age and obligation:
19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2010)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,839,382
[see also: Manpower available for military service - males age 16-49 country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 1,797,317 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower available for military service - females age 16-49 country ranks ]

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,502,736
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - males age 16-49 country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 1,468,785 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - females age 16-49 country ranks ]

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 47,043
[see also: Manpower reaching military service age annually - male country ranks ]
female: 43,033 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower reaching military service age annually - female country ranks ]

Military expenditures:
1% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]