Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	2.36 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	6,180,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	459,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	23,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	20,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1989]
Military & security forces	Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air ForceOffice of the Prime Minister: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS); Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC)Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Provincial Police; Ministry of Oil: Energy Police Directorate (2025); note: note 1: the Iraqi military and associated security forces are collectively known as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS) includes the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF)note 2: the Iraqi Government funds the PMF, and it is mandated by law to act under government control but many of the militia units take orders from individual government officials and/or associated political parties; some militias have ties to Iran and some have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US (see Terrorism Reference)note 3: the federal constitution provides the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the right to maintain its own military and security forces, known as the Kurdish Security Forces (KSF); some forces, such as the Regional Guard Brigades, are unified under the KRG's Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, but the two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), also maintain their own military forces, police, emergency response, and internal security/intelligence servicesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2025)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	23,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	20,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1989]
Military spending (% of GDP)	2.36 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	6,180,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]