Croatia Military - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/croatia/croatia_military.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Military branches:
Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air and Air Defense Forces (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service, with 6-month service obligation; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary service; Croatian Military Police planning to end conscription in 2005 (December 2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 1,005,058 (2005 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 725,914 (2005 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 29,020 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$620 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.39% (2002 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Croatia on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Croatia Military 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Croatia Military 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.