Military branches:
no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police; Icelandic Coast Guard (2013)
Military expenditures:
0.13% of GDP (2012)
0.14% of GDP (2011)
0.13% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military - note:
Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; all US military forces in Iceland were withdrawn as of October 2006; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)