Military expenditures: Military branches: Military service age and obligation:
1.24% of GDP
(2018)
1.24% of GDP
(2017)
1.2% of GDP
(2016)
1.18% of GDP
(2015)
1.18% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world:
93
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Service (Streitkraeftebasis, SKB), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst, ZSanDstBw), Cyber and Information Space Command (Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum, Kdo CIR)
(2017)
17-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription ended 1 July 2011; service obligation 8-23 months or 12 years; women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001
(2013)
Germany Military 2019
SOURCE: 2019 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
