Military branches:
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,828,043
females age 16-49:
1,786,552 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,493,509
females age 16-49:
1,459,450 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
46,562
female:
42,585 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
0.76% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 117
0.75% of GDP (2011)
0.76% of GDP (2010)
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]