Military expenditures: Military branches: Military service age and obligation:
0.68% of GDP (2016 est.)
0.67% of GDP (2015)
0.75% of GDP (2014)
0.75% of GDP (2013)
0.78% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 133
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK) (2014)
registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system (2015)
Austria Military 2018
SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
