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Defense
Defense
- National (€/yr)
- 60.0 bn€
- Your profile (€/mo)
- 28 €/mo
1 missions compose Defense:
Key figures to remember
203,000 active personnel
in active service in 2024 (army, air, navy ; the gendarmerie is under the Interior Ministry). Pay, training, military pensions.
Source: French Armed Forces 2024€413 billion over 2024-2030
programmed by the Military Programming Act — nuclear modernisation, drones, cyber, space.
Source: LPM 2024-20302.07 % of GDP
spent on Defence in 2024, rising steadily since 2017 (NATO 2 % target).
Source: French Armed Forces