Cabo Verde Military - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

Cabo Verdean Armed Forces (FACV): Army (also called the National Guard, GN; includes a small air component), Cabo Verde Coast Guard (Guardia Costeira de Cabo Verde, GCCV) (2023)

note:  the National Police are under the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Military expenditures

0.5% of GDP (2022 est.)

0.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)

0.5% of GDP (2018 est.)

Military and security service personnel strengths

approximately 1,200 personnel including about 100 in the Coast Guard (2022)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the FACV has a limited amount of mostly dated and second-hand equipment, largely from China, some European countries, and the former Soviet Union (2023)

Military service age and obligation

18-35 years of age for male and female selective compulsory military service; 24-month conscript service obligation; 17 years of age for voluntary service (with parental consent) (2023)

Military - note

the FACV/National Guard is mostly a ground force with 2 infantry battalions and a small air component with a maritime patrol squadron; the Coast Guard had a few coastal patrol craft and patrol boats (2023)

NOTE: The information regarding Cabo Verde on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cabo Verde 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cabo Verde 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.