Military expenditures:
2.16 % (est)
(2019)
1.78% of GDP
(2018)
1.82% of GDP
(2017)
1.82% of GDP
(2016)
1.87% of GDP
(2015)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
65
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Republic of China Armed Forces: Republic of China Army, Republic of China Navy (includes Marine Corps), Republic of China Air Force, Military Police Command, Armed Forces Reserve Command; Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (a law enforcement organization with homeland security functions during peacetime and national defense missions during wartime)
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
starting with those born in 1994, males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); men born before December 1993 are required to complete compulsory service for 1 year (military or civil); men are subject to training recalls up to four times for periods not to exceed 20 days for 8 years after discharge; women may enlist, but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases; as part of its transition to an all-volunteer military in December 2018, the last cohort of one-year military conscripts completed their service obligations
(2019)
