Hungary Military - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

the Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF) are a unified force (Joint Force Command) with Land Forces, Air Forces, and Logistics components (2022)

Military expenditures

1.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

1.8% of GDP (2021)

1.8% of GDP (2020)

1.3% of GDP (2019) (approximately $3.02 billion)

1% of GDP (2018) (approximately $2.4 billion)

Military and security service personnel strengths

approximately 21,000 active duty troops (16,000 Army; 5,000 Air Force) (2022)

note: in 2017, Hungary announced plans to increase the number of active soldiers to around 37,000, but did not give a timeline

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the military's inventory consists largely of Soviet-era weapons, with a smaller mix of more modern European and US equipment; since 2010, Hungary has received limited quantities of equipment from several European countries and the US (2021)

Military service age and obligation

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 2005); 6-month service obligation (2022)

note: as of 2019, women comprised approximately 20% of Hungary's full-time military personnel

Military deployments

160 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 150 Iraq (NATO); 470 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2022)

Military - note

Hungary joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997 and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance (2022)

NOTE: The information regarding Hungary on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hungary 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hungary 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.