Slovenia Military - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

Slovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska Vojska, SV): structured as a combined force with air, land, maritime, special operations, combat support, and combat service support elements (2021)

Military expenditures

1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

1.06% of GDP (2019)

1.01% of GDP (2018)

0.98% of GDP (2017)

1% of GDP (2016)

Military and security service personnel strengths

the Slovenian Armed Forces have approximately 7,000 active duty troops (2020)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the inventory of the Slovenian Armed Forces is a mix of Soviet-era and limited quantities of more modern Western equipment; since 2010, it has received limited supplies of military equipment from Finland, France, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the US (2020)

Military deployments

230 Kosovo (NATO) (2021)

Military service age and obligation

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2019)

Military - note

Slovenia officially became a member of NATO in 2004

NOTE: The information regarding Slovenia 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 Slovenia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovenia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.