Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 829,874 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 41,097 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$64.2 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (2003)

Transnational Issues Costa Rica

Disputes - international: legal dispute over navigational rights of Rio San Juan on the border with Nicaragua remains unresolved

Illicit drugs:
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America;
illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots; domestic
cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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