| Armed Forces of Mauritania | |
|---|---|
| الجيش الوطني الموريتاني Armée Nationale Mauritanienne | |
 Emblem of the Mauritanian Armed Forces | |
 Flag of the Mauritanian Armed Forces | |
| Service branches | Mauritanian National Army Mauritanian National Navy Mauritania Islamic Air Force[1] |
| Headquarters | Nouakchott |
| Website | armee |
| Leadership | |
| President | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
| Prime Minister | Mokhtar Ould Djay |
| Minister of Defense | Hanena Ould Sidi |
| Chief of National Army Staff | General Mokhtar Ould Bolla Chaabane |
| Personnel | |
| Conscription | 2 years |
| Available for military service | 718,713[2] males, age 15–49, 804,622 females, age 15–49 |
| Fit for military service | 480,042 males, age 15–49, 581,473 females, age 15–49 |
| Reaching military age annually | 36,116 males, 36,826 females |
| Active personnel | 31,540 personnel, 5,000 para-military[3] |
| Reserve personnel | 66,000 |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | $231 million (FY2022) |
| Percent of GDP | 3.9% (FY2018) |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |  France Russia China United States Spain Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Belarus Canada United Arab Emirates |
| Related articles | |
| History | Western Sahara War Mauritania–Senegal Border War 2003 Mauritanian coup d'état attempt 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Mauritania |
The Armed Forces of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, romanized: al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Mūrītānī, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne[4]) is the defense force of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, having an army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and presidential guard. Other services include the national guard and national police, though they both are subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior. As of 2018, the Mauritanian armed forces budget was 3.9% of the country's GDP.
The military forces of Mauritania are listed by the IISS Military Balance 2007 as comprising 15,870 personnel with an additional 5,000 paramilitaries, in the national gendarmerie.[3] The Navy (Marine Mauritanienne) has 620 personnel and 11 patrol and coastal combatants, with bases at Nouadhibou and Nouakchott. The CIA reports that the navy includes naval infantry. The small Air Force (Force Aérienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) has 250 personnel, 2 FTB-337 aircraft, 15 transport aircraft of various types, and 4 SF-260E trainers. The 5,000 paramilitaries are divided in the National Gendarmerie (3,000), and the National Guard (2,000) who both report to the Ministry of the Interior. Other paramilitary services reported by the CIA in 2001 include the National Police, Presidential Guard (BASEP).[5]
- ^ "CIA World Factbook: Mauritania". 14 December 2021.
- ^ "The World Factbook". 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b IISS Military Balance 2007, pp. 235–6
- ^ "ARMEE". ARMEE.
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook, 2001