Military branches:
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Elliniko Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2014)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
2,485,389
females age 16-49:
2,469,854 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
2,032,378
females age 16-49:
2,016,552 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
52,754
female:
49,485 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.72% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 48
2.31% of GDP (2011)
2.63% of GDP (2010)
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]