Military branches:
Salvadoran Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, FAES): Salvadoran Army (Ejercito de El Salvador, ES), Salvadoran Navy (Fuerza Naval de El Slavador, FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16-22 years of age for voluntary male or female service; service obligation is 12 months, with 11 months for officers and NCOs (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,449,214
females age 16-49:
1,611,248 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,079,038
females age 16-49:
1,373,368 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
71,530
female:
68,971 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
0.99% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 102
1.11% of GDP (2011)
0.99% of GDP (2010)
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]