Military expenditures:
0.3% of GDP
(2018)
0.3% of GDP
(2017)
0.3% of GDP
(2016)
0.3% of GDP
(2015)
0.5% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
154
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
no regular military forces; Icelandic Coast Guard; Icelandic National Police
(2019)
Military - note:
Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)
(2019)