Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 42,742 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 33,539 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 1,651 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA
Transnational Issues Saint Lucia
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:
transit point for South American drugs destined for the US and
Europe
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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