Uruguay Military 2022, CIA World Factbook

Armed Forces of Uruguay (Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay): National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Coast Guard (Prefectura Nacional Naval)), Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea); Ministry of Interior: National Police (2022)

note: the National Police includes the paramilitary National Republican Guard or Guardia Nacional Republicana

Military expenditures

2.3% of GDP (2021 est.)

2% of GDP (2020 est.)

2.1% of GDP (2019 est.) (approximately $1.47 billion)

2.1% of GDP (2018 est.) (approximately $1.51 billion)

2% of GDP (2017 est.) (approximately $1.38 billion)

Military and security service personnel strengths

approximately 22,000 active duty personnel (14,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 3,000 Air Force) (2022)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the military's inventory includes a wide variety of older or second-hand equipment; since 2010, it has imported limited amounts of military hardware from about 10 countries with Spain as the leading supplier (2022)

Military service age and obligation

18-30 years of age (18-22 years of age for Navy) for voluntary military service for men and women; up to 40 years of age for specialists; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies (2022)

note: as of 2017, women comprised about 19% of the active military

Military deployments

830 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (May 2022)

Military - note

the military has some domestic responsibilities, including perimeter security for a number of prisons and border security; in 2020, the military deployed more than 1,000 troops to assist the National Police in securing the land border with Brazil and the riverine border with Argentina as part of a border control law passed in 2018 (2022)

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