Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,834,638 (2003 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,552,728 (2003 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 42,761 (2003 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2.548 billion (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Switzerland

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
because of more stringent government regulations, used
significantly less as a money-laundering center; transit country for
and consumer of South American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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