Military expenditures—dollar figure: $32.8 billion (1998)

Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.5% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes—international: individual Sudeten German claims for restitution of property confiscated in connection with their expulsion after World War II

Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American
cocaine processors; transshipment point for and consumer of
Southwest Asian heroin and hashish, Latin American cocaine, and
European-produced synthetic drugs

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@Ghana ——-

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between
Cote d'Ivoire and Togo

Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 2 00 W