Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 14,184,307 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 12,157,753 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 304,369 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $20.2 billion (2002)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.64% (2002)
Transnational Issues Italy
Disputes - international: Croatia and Italy are still trying to resolve bilateral property and ethnic minority rights dating from World War II
Illicit drugs: important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002