Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 11,330,692 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 6,889,631 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 453,610 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $2 billion (FY99/00)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.2% (FY95/96)
Military—note: the National Defense Force continues to integrate former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: Swaziland has asked South Africa to open
negotiations on reincorporating some nearby South African
territories that are populated by ethnic Swazis or that were long
ago part of the Swazi Kingdom
Illicit drugs: transshipment center for heroin and cocaine;
cocaine consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit
methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various
east African countries; illicit cultivation of marijuana
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