Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM; includes a General Staff and subordinate Operations Command, Logistic Support Command, Training and Doctrine Command, Center for Electronic Reconnaissance, Aviation Brigade, and Honor Guard Battalion) (2022)
note: the Operations Command includes air, ground, special operations, support, and reserve forces
1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)
1.5% of GDP (2021)
1.3% of GDP (2020)
1.2% of GDP (2019) (approximately $310 million)
0.9% of GDP (2018) (approximately $280 million)
approximately 6,000 active duty personnel (2022)
the military's inventory consists mostly of Soviet-era equipment; since 2010, it has received small amounts of equipment from Ireland and Turkey (2021)
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2007 (2021)
note: as of 2022, women made up about 10% of the military's full-time personnel
North Macedonia became the 30th member of NATO in 2020; as of 2022, Greece provided NATO's air policing mission for North Macedonia
NOTE: The information regarding North Macedonia 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 North Macedonia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about North Macedonia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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