Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 1,393,986 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 884,093 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 65,224 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $105 million (1998)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 0.9% (1998)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: demarcation of boundary with Honduras defined by 1992 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision has not been completed; small boundary section left unresolved by ICJ decision not yet reported to have been settled; with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, ICJ referred to an earlier agreement in this century and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua likely would be required
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine; marijuana produced for local consumption