Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,761,226 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,721,239 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 250,782 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$49.2 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.6% (2004)
Transnational Issues Ghana
Disputes - international: Ghana struggles to accommodate returning nationals who worked in the cocoa plantations and escaped rebel fighting in Cote d'Ivoire
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 42,466 (Liberia) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade;
major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to a
lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the
US; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the lack of a
well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility
as a money-laundering center
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005