Military expenditures:
2.28% of GDP
(2019 est.)
2.48% of GDP
(2018)
2.34% of GDP
(2017)
2.38% of GDP
(2016)
2.3% of GDP
(2015)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
39
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Hellenic Armed Forces: Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES; includes National Guard reserves), Hellenic Navy (Elliniko Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia, EPA; includes air defense)
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service
(2014)
