Editing Hellenic Armed Forces (section)

===Budget===
{{See also|List of countries in Europe by military expenditures}}According to NATO sources in 2008, Greece spent 2.8% of GDP on its military, which translated to about €6.9 billion (US$9.3 billion).<ref name="globalsecurity.org">{{cite web |title=Greece - Military Spending |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/gr-budget.htm |publisher=globalsecurity.org}}</ref> In 2008, Greece was the largest importer of conventional weapons in Europe and its military spending was the highest in the European Union relative to the country's GDP, reaching twice the European average.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Frank Slijper |title=Guns, Debt and Corruption Military spending and the EU crisis |url=https://www.tni.org/files/download/eu_milspending_crisis.pdf |date=April 2013}}</ref><ref name="globalsecurity.org"/>

Data for the 2017 fiscal year showed an estimated expense of €4.3 billion in constant 2010 prices, or €4.2 billion in current prices, equivalent to 2.38% of GDP (+0.01 change since 2016). For the 2018 fiscal year, the expenditure was estimated at €4.3 billion in constant 2010 prices or €4.1 billion in current prices, equivalent to 2.27% of GDP (-0.11% change since 2017).<ref name="nato.int">{{cite web |url=https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_07/20180709_180710-pr2018-91-en.pdf |title=Defense Expenditure of NATO Countries (2011–2018) |date=10 July 2018 |publisher=NATO |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>