Military branches:
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)
Military service age and obligation:
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)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,678,335
females age 16-49:
1,675,352 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,409,859
females age 16-49:
1,433,037 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
73,367
female:
71,801 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.66% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 54
1.16% of GDP (2011)
1.66% of GDP (2010)
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]