Military expenditures:
4.25% of GDP
(2018)
3.84% of GDP
(2017)
4.09% of GDP
(2016)
4.25% of GDP
(2015)
3.94% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
9
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Armenian Armed Forces: Ground Forces (Armenian Army), Air Force, Air Defense; "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic": Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation, which can be served as an officer upon deferment for university studies if enrolled in officer-producing program; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel
(2019)