Military expenditures:
2.13% of GDP
(2018)
2.24% of GDP
(2017)
1.79% of GDP
(2016)
2.03% of GDP
(2015)
2.82% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
45
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), National Gendarmerie, National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT); General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE)
(2019)
note: the GDSSIE, formerly known as the Republican Guard, is the presidential guard force and considered an elite military unit
Military service age and obligation:
20 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service, with a 3-year service obligation; 18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a parent or guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age 21; while provisions for military service have not been repealed, they have never been fully implemented
(2015)
