Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	1.89 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	88,500,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	183,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	239,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	2,050,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military & security forces	Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): German Army (Deutsche Heer), German Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), German Air Force (Deutsche Luftwaffe, includes air defense), Cyber and Information Space (Cyber und Informationsraum) (2025); note: responsibility for internal and border security is shared by the police forces of the 16 states, the Federal Criminal Police Office, and the Federal Police; the states’ police forces report to their respective interior ministries while the Federal Police forces report to the Federal Ministry of the InteriorCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	17-23 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (must have completed compulsory full-time education and have German citizenship); service obligation 7-23 months or 12 years (2025); note: note 1: conscription ended in 2011; in 2020, the German Government launched a new voluntary conscript initiative focused on homeland security tasks, with the volunteers serving for 7 months plus 5 months as reservists over a 6-year periodnote 2: in December 2025, Germany passed a law reforming military service; from 2026, the new regulations require German males residing in Germany who have reached the age of 18 to complete a questionnaire, including questions about their willingness to serve; participation will remain voluntary for womennote 3: women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001; in 2025, they accounted for more than 13% of the active-duty German militaryCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	239,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	2,050,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (% of GDP)	1.89 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	88,500,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]