Only two percent of Poland’s armed forces are female – the smallest number in all NATO countries, it has been revealed.

Just over 2,000 females serve in Poland’s armed forces with only 200 women joining in 2010 – nearly fifty percent less than joined in the previous year.

Defense Ministry spokesperson, Commander Bozena Szubinska, announced the data Tuesday, saying that there are 1750 active females in the army and the rest are in training.

The majority of females serve in the military (800), with about 350 females serving in the Air Force and about 170 women in Poland’s navy.

“Still, we have the fewest females serving as compared to all NATO countries,” added Commander Szubinska, who attributes the decreasing enrollment rates to the process of professionalizing the army and lower overall recruitment figures. (mnj)