Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 4,135,309 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 2,164,014 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 204,434 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$173.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.2% (2003)
Transnational Issues Cote d'Ivoire
Disputes - international:
continuing rebel fighting extends to neighboring states and has
kept out foreign workers from nearby countries; the Ivorian
Government accuses Burkina Faso and Liberia of supporting Ivorian
rebels
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 71,711 (Liberia)
IDPs: 500,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western regions) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption;
transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin to
Europe and occasionally to the US, and for Latin American cocaine
destined for Europe and South Africa; while rampant corruption and
inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money
laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the
country's utility as a major money-laundering center
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005