Military branches:
Armed Forces Command (Commando de las Fuerzas Militares): Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marine Corps, Naval Aviation), Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP), Logistics Command, War Materiel Directorate (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 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 (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,678,335
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 1,675,352 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower available for military service - female country ranks ]
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,409,859
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 1,433,037 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - female country ranks ]
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 73,367
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female: 71,801 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female country ranks ]
Military expenditures:
1% of GDP (2006 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]