Military manpower - military age:
21 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,662,208 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 2,026,409 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 74,650 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$6.12 billion (FY99/00 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.91% (FY99/00 est.)
Transnational Issues Greece
Disputes - international:
Greece and Turkey have resumed discussions to resolve their complex
maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea;
Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia over its name
Illicit drugs:
a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin
from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor
chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is
consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and
organized crime
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003