Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); conscript service obligation - 18 months
(2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 4,004,242 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 2,373,342 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 169,186 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$69.8 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.2% (2003)
Transnational Issues Madagascar
Disputes - international:
claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan
de Nova Island (all administered by France)
Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used
mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point for heroin
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005