Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard; conscript service obligation - 12 months (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,014,592 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 827,016 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 29,179 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$4,033.5 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (2003)
Transnational Issues Norway
Disputes - international:
Norway asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land
and its continental shelf); despite recent discussions, Russia and
Norway continue to dispute their maritime limits in the Barents Sea
and Russia's fishing rights beyond Svalbard's territorial limits
within the Svalbard Treaty zone
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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