Military expenditures: Military branches: Military service age and obligation:
6.55% of GDP (2016)
6.32% of GDP (2015)
5.54% of GDP (2014)
4.84% of GDP (2013)
4.46% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 5
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
People's National Army (Armee Nationale Populaire, ANP): Land Forces (Forces Terrestres, FT), Navy of the Republic of Algeria (Marine de la Republique Algerienne, MRA), Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya, QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force (2016)
17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 19-30 years of age for compulsory service; conscript service obligation is 18 months (6 months basic training, 12 months civil projects) (2012)