Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	1.79 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	1,630,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	20,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	90,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	53,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military & security forces	Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH): Croatian Army (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Croatian Navy (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM; includes Coast Guard), Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo, HRZ) (2025); note: the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for internal security, including law enforcement (Croatia Police) and border securityCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18-29 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription abolished in 2008 but will be reinstated in 2026 when it will become mandatory for men aged 19-29 to undergo two months of basic military training (2025); note: as of 2024, women comprised about 14% of the military's full-time personnelCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	90,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	53,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (% of GDP)	1.79 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	1,630,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]