Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 14,450,147 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 12,349,356 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 291,529 (2003 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 continue to debate bilateral property and ethnic
minority rights issues stemming from border changes after the Second
World War
Illicit drugs:
important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and
Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money
laundering by organized crime and from smuggling
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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