Military expenditures: Military branches: Military service age and obligation:
1.25% of GDP (2016)
1.42% of GDP (2015)
1.29% of GDP (2014)
1.28% of GDP (2013)
1.3% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Armed Forces Command (Commando de las Fuerzas Militares): Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marine Corps, Naval Aviation, and Coast Guard), Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP), Logistics Command, War Materiel Directorate (2012)
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy; volunteers for the Air Force must be younger than 22 years of age with a secondary school diploma (2012)