| Military branches: |
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006) |
| Military service age and obligation: |
the Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed forces; 19 years of age for compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscripts receive 15 weeks of compulsory training, followed by 10 intermittent recalls for training over the next 22 years; women are accepted on a voluntary basis but are not drafted (2005) |
| Manpower available for military service: |
males age 19-49: 1,707,694
females age 19-49: 1,662,099 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower fit for military service: |
males age 19-49: 1,375,889
females age 19-49: 1,342,945 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower reaching military service age annually: |
males age 18-49: 46,319
females age 19-49: 43,829 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
1% (2005 est.) |