Military expenditures:
0.93% of GDP
(2018)
0.89% of GDP
(2017)
0.95% of GDP
(2016)
1.07% of GDP
(2015)
0.99% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
124
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Armed Forces Command (Commando de las Fuerzas Militares): Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes marines), Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP)
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy; volunteers for the Air Force must be younger than 22 years of age with a secondary school diploma
(2016)