Military branches:
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional); Presidential Guard (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2013)
Military expenditures:
1.85% of GDP (2012)
1.81% of GDP (2011)
1.85% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 45
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]