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Australia Military 2020

SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on January 27, 2020

Military expenditures:
1.89% of GDP (2018)
2.09% of GDP (2017)
2% of GDP (2016)
1.98% of GDP (2015)
1.8% of GDP (2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 55
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]

Military forces:
Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army (includes Special Operations Command), Royal Australian Navy (includes Naval Aviation Force), Royal Australian Air Force, Joint Operations Command (JOC) (2019)

Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in most combat roles (2018)

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b) The CIA sometimes assigns counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order.

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Australia Military 2020 SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES