Military branches:
Army, Navy (includes Naval Aviation, River Defense Corps, Coast
Guard), Air Force
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,345,022 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,109,166 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 63,058 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$53.1 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (2003)
Transnational Issues Paraguay
Disputes - international:
unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders
is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics
trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations
Illicit drugs:
major illicit producer of cannabis, most or all of which is
consumed in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile; transshipment country for
Andean cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets,
Europe, and US; corruption and some money-laundering activity,
especially in the Tri-Border Area