Military branches: Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces,
Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces-includes Navy and Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment
Military manpower-military age: 20 years of age
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 3,308,300 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 1,964,545 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 140,429 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $29 million (1994)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1% (1994)
@Madagascar:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island (all administered by France)
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point for heroin