Military branches:
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2010)
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 (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,828,043
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 1,786,552 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower available for military service - female country ranks ]
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,493,509
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49: 1,459,450 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - female country ranks ]
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 46,562
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female: 42,585 (2010 est.)
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female country ranks ]
Military expenditures:
1% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]