Military expenditures: Military branches: Military service age and obligation:
2.97% of GDP
(2016)
2.75% of GDP
(2015)
2.7% of GDP
(2014)
2.56% of GDP
(2013)
2.72% of GDP
(2012)
country comparison to the world:
28
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Islamic Republic of Mauritania Air Group (Groupement Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, GAIM)
(2013)
18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2012)