Military expenditures:
0.68% of GDP
(2018)
0.68% of GDP
(2017)
0.68% of GDP
(2016)
0.66% of GDP
(2015)
0.66% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
138
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe)
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
18-30 years of age generally for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 245 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by six 19-day intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years
(2019)
