Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	2.98 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	558,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	45,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	4,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	20,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1987]
Military & security forces	Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), Chadian National Gendarmerie; General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE)Ministry of Public Security and Immigration: National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2025); note: note 1: the GDSSIE is the presidential guard force and is considered to be Chad's elite military unit; it is reportedly a division-sized force with infantry, armor, and special forces/anti-terrorism regiments (known as the Special Anti-Terrorist Group or SATG, aka Division of Special Anti-Terrorist Groups or DGSAT); it reports directly to the presidentnote 2: the Chadian National Police are under the Ministry of Public Security and Immigration; border security duties are shared by the ANT, Customs (Ministry of Public Security and Immigration), the National Gendarmerie, and the GNNTCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18-25 for voluntary service; men subject to 18-36 months of compulsory service at age 20; women are subject to 12 months of compulsory military or civic service at age 21 (2025)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	4,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	20,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1987]
Military spending (% of GDP)	2.98 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	558,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]