Military manpower - military age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript
service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for volunteers (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 943,063 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 738,602 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 28,300 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$230.8 million (FY01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (FY01)
Transnational Issues Lithuania
Disputes - international:
in May 2003, the Russian Parliament ratified the 1997 land and
maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, which ratified the treaty
in 1999, legalizing limits of former Soviet republic borders; both
states also implement a simplified transit regime for Russian
nationals transiting Lithuania to and from the Russian Kaliningrad
coastal enclave; the Latvian Parliament has not ratified its 1998
maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns
over oil exploration rights
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for opiates and other illicit drugs from
Southwest Asia, Latin America, and Western Europe to Western Europe
and Scandinavia; limited production of methamphetamine and ecstasy;
susceptible to money laundering despite changes to banking
legislation
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005