Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,218,662 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 187,000 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$44.6 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.2% (2004)
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 20 October, 2005
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