Military expenditures: Military branches: Military service age and obligation:
1.86% of GDP (2016)
1.71% of GDP (2015)
1.85% of GDP (2014)
1.77% of GDP (2013)
1.63% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Togolese Army (l'Armee de Terre); update State, April 2017, Togolese Navy (Forces Naval Togolaises), Togolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Togolaise, TAF), National Gendarmerie (2017)
18 years of age for military service; 2-year service obligation; currently the military is only an all-volunteer force (2017)