Military expenditures:
0.74% of GDP
(2018)
0.73% of GDP
(2017)
0.75% of GDP
(2016)
0.71% of GDP
(2015)
0.75% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
134
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Austrian Armed Forces: Land Forces Command, Air Forces Command, plus a Logistics Command and Service Support & Cyber Defence Command
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system
(2015)
