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The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

Saudi Arabia is a country located in Middle East with an area of 2,149,690 km2 (land boundries: 4,272 km and costline 2,640 km). The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The number of inhabitants is 34,218,169.

Saudi-led coalition of Arab states invaded Yemen in 2015. The inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons systems from the US and Europe. The United States is the leading supplier of armaments. In 2021 Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 124 billion $ 75 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 7%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 1,428,550 480,000
Reserve personnel: 1,617,000 325,000
Available for military: 68,012,996 8,240,714

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 7,992 1,275
Armoured fighting vehicles: 33,885 6,347
Total artillery: 9,970 2,580
Self-propelled artillery: 2,372 510
Rocket artillery: 2,169 252

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 3,859 1,407
Fighter aircraft: 185 141
Multirole aircraft: 603 72
Attack aircraft: 314 151
Helicopters: 1,446 491
UCAV (combat drone): 52 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 493 34
Aircraftcarriers: 2 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 25 11
Corvettes: 30 9
Submarines: 8 0

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Saudi Arabia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Data not available

Saudi Arabia

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.