Switzerland - Military

Military service age and obligation: 19 years of age for male compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; the Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training over the next 10 years; women are accepted on a voluntary basis but are not conscripted (2005)

Manpower available for military service: males age 19-49: 1,707,694
females age 19-49: 1,662,099 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service: males age 19-49: 1,375,889
females age 19-49: 1,342,945 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually: males age 18-49: 46,319
females age 19-49: 43,829 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (2005 est.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.