Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 9,196
females age 18-49: 9,236 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 7,119
females age 18-49: 7,645 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 357
females age 18-49: 347 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA
Transnational Issues Saint Kitts and Nevis
Disputes - international:
joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves
Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which
permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large
portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US
and Europe; some money-laundering activity
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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