Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 10,520,561 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 8,403,430 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 281,043 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $8.6 billion (2002)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.15% (2002)
Transnational Issues Spain
Disputes - international: Spain and UK are discussing "total shared sovereignty" over Gibraltar, subject to a constitutional referendum by Gibraltarians, who have largely expressed opposition to any form of cession to Spain; Spain controls the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which Morocco contests, as well as the islands of Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas; Morocco rejected Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands in 2002 to explore undersea resources and to interdict illegal refugees from Africa
Illicit drugs: key European gateway country for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish entering the European market; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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