Editing Spain (section)

=== Military ===
{{Main|Spanish Armed Forces}}
[[File:Spanish_amphibious_assault_ship_Juan_Carlos_I_(L-61)_underway_in_the_Adriatic_Sea,_22_February_2023_(230222-N-MW880-1248).JPG|thumb|[[Amphibious assault ship]]-[[aircraft carrier]] {{ship|Spanish ship|Juan Carlos I||2}}]]
The [[Spanish Armed Forces]] are divided into three branches: [[Spanish Army|Army (''Ejército de Tierra'')]]; [[Spanish Navy|Navy (''Armada'')]]; and [[Spanish Air and Space Force|Air and Space Force (''Ejército del Aire y del Espacio'')]].{{sfn|Spanish Constitution|1978|loc=Article 8}}
[[File:President Joe Biden (front row, fifth from right) and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders at the NATO Summit in Madrid, June 29–30, 2022 - IMG 2325.jpg|thumb|World leaders at the [[2022 Madrid summit|NATO Summit in Madrid]], 29 June 2022]]
The armed forces of Spain are known as the Spanish Armed Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Españolas''). Their [[commander-in-chief]] is the King of Spain, [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]].{{sfn|Spanish Constitution|1978|loc=Article 62}} The next military authorities in line are the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence. The fourth military authority of the State is the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] (JEMAD).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20161106/411623401633/el-jefe-del-estado-mayor-del-ejercito-de-tierra-y-11-tenientes-generales-aspiran-a-jemad.html|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=6 November 2016|title=El jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército de Tierra y 11 tenientes generales aspiran a JEMAD|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201044144/https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20161106/411623401633/el-jefe-del-estado-mayor-del-ejercito-de-tierra-y-11-tenientes-generales-aspiran-a-jemad.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Defence Staff (Spain)|Defence Staff]] (''Estado Mayor de la Defensa'') assists the JEMAD as auxiliary body.

The Spanish armed forces are a professional force with a strength in 2017 of 121,900 active personnel and 4,770 reserve personnel. The country also has the 77,000 strong [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] which comes under the control of the Ministry of defense in times of a national emergency. The Spanish defense budget is 5.71 billion euros (US$7.2 billion) a 1% increase for 2015. The increase comes because of security concerns in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/43968/update-spain-to-increase-defence-spending|title=Update: Spain to increase defence spending|work=janes.com|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073610/http://www.janes.com/article/43968/update-spain-to-increase-defence-spending|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Military conscription was suppressed in 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20160309/supresion-mili-servicio-militar-2001-aniversario-4962193|journal=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|title=Señores, se acabó la mili|date=9 March 2016|first=Rafa|last=Julve|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201043203/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20160309/supresion-mili-servicio-militar-2001-aniversario-4962193|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the 2024 [[Global Peace Index]], Spain is the 23rd most peaceful country in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf|title=2024 Global Peace Index}}</ref>