Mongolia Military - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): General Purpose Troops (Mongolian Army), Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security, Special Forces, Civil Engineering, Civil Defense Forces; Border Troops; Internal Security Troops (2020)

Military expenditures

0.7% of GDP (2019)

0.7% of GDP (2018)

0.8% of GDP (2017)

0.9% of GDP (2016)

0.9% of GDP (2015)

Military and security service personnel strengths

size estimates for the the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) vary; approximately 9,000 active duty troops (2020)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the MAF are armed with Soviet-era equipment supplemented by deliveries of second-hand Russian weapons (2020)

Military deployments

860 South Sudan (UNMISS); 230 Afghanistan (NATO) (Jan 2021)

Military service age and obligation

18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 1-year conscript service obligation in army or air forces or police for males only (can be exchanged for a 24‐month stint in the civil service or a tax voucher); after conscription, soldiers can contract into military service for 2 or 4 years; citizens can also voluntarily join the armed forces (2020)

NOTE: The information regarding Mongolia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mongolia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mongolia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.