Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 95,368 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $6.604 billion (FY97)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.1% (1995)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: none
Illicit drugs: important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major European producer of illicit amphetamines and other synthetic drugs
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Geography
Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea—one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east of the Virgin Islands