Military manpower - military age:
19 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 553,988 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 446,726 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 17,909 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$200 million (FY01/02 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6% (FY01/02 est.)
Transnational Issues Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Disputes - international:
the Albanian government calls for the protection of the rights of
ethnic Albanians in F.Y.R.O.M. while continuing to seek regional
cooperation; ethnic Albanians in Kosovo continue to protest 2000
F.Y.R.O.M.-Serbia and Montenegro boundary treaty, which transfers
small tracts of land to F.Y.R.O.M.; dispute with Greece over
country's name persists
Illicit drugs:
major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish;
minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe;
while money laundering is a problem on a local level due to
organized crime activities, the lack of a well-developed financial
infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering
center
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003