Military profile
Armenia Military Strength
Armenia ranks #94 of 145 in the Global Firepower military strength ranking, with 45,000 active personnel. It spent $1.7 billion on its military in 2025 (6.1% of GDP).
Armenia armed forces in numbers
Personnel
- Active military personnel
- 45,000#69 of 145
- Reserve military personnel
- 210,000#24 of 145
- Paramilitary forces
- 4,300#96 of 145
- Army personnel
- 46,000#65 of 145
- Air force personnel
- 3,500#87 of 145
- Navy personnel
- 0#113 of 145
Air power
- Total military aircraft
- 64#85 of 145
- Fighter aircraft
- 4#90 of 145
- Attack aircraft
- 10#45 of 145
- Military helicopters
- 36#73 of 145
- Attack helicopters
- 20#34 of 145
Land forces
- Tanks
- 519#32 of 145
- Self-propelled artillery
- 38#64 of 145
- Towed artillery
- 145#56 of 145
- Rocket artillery
- 174#28 of 145
Finance
- Military spending
- $1.7 billion#69 of 156
- Military spending as % of GDP
- 6.1%#9 of 156
- Purchasing power parity (GDP, PPP)
- $40.0 billion#115 of 145
Equipment and personnel: Global Firepower 2023 military strength ranking (2023). Spending: World Bank / SIPRI military expenditure data (CC BY 4.0).
Armenia military spending 2010–2025
Military spending of Armenia grew by 337% between 2010 and 2025, from $395 million to $1.7 billion (current US dollars), and stood at 6.1% of GDP in 2025.
Armed forces of Armenia
Branches and forces
Armenian Republic Armed Forces: Armenian Army (includes land, air, air defense forces) (2025)
Personnel
approximately 40-50,000 active Armenian Armed Forces (2025)
Service age and conscription
18-27 for voluntary (men and women), contract (men and women) or compulsory (men) military service; contract military service is 3-12 months or up to 5 years; conscripts serve 24 months; all citizens aged 27-50 are registered in the military reserve and may be called to serve if mobilization is declared (2025)
Equipment and suppliers
the military's inventory includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years however, Armenia has looked to other countries besides Russia to provide military hardware, including France and India (2025)
Good to know
the Armenian Armed Forces were officially established in 1992, although their origins go back to 1918; the modern military’s missions include deterrence, territorial defense, crisis management, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response, as well as socio-economic development projects; territorial defense is its primary focus, particularly in regards to tensions with neighboring Azerbaijan; Armenia and Azerbaijan engaged in open conflicts over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in 1991-94 and 2020; Azerbaijan seized the entire enclave in 2023 Armenia has traditionally had close military ties with Russia; it has been a member of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and committed troops to CSTO's rapid reaction force until suspending its engagement in 2024; Armenia has relations with NATO going back to 1992 when Armenia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council; in 1994, it joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program and has contributed to the NATO force in Kosovo, as well as the former NATO deployment in Afghanistan (2025)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024: 5.5% · 2023: 5.5% · 2022: 4.3% · 2021: 4.4% · 2020: 5%
Forces and service: CIA World Factbook (public domain).
Armenia compared with its neighbours
| Country | Strength rank | Military spending |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | #94 | $1.7 billion |
 Azerbaijan | #57 | $4.9 billion |
 Türkiye | #11 | $30.0 billion |
 Georgia | #85 | $658 million |
 Iran | #17 | $7.4 billion |