Military branches:
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard
(includes air wing) (2004)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 290,715
females age 18-49: 258,410 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 202,958
females age 18-49: 173,797 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$66.72 million (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.6% (2003 est.)
Transnational Issues Trinidad and Tobago
Disputes - international:
In April 2006, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issues a decision
that delimits a maritime boundary with Trinidad and Tobago and
compels Barbados to enter a fishing agreement that limits Barbadian
fishermen's catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's
exclusive economic zone; in 2005, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago
agreed to compulsory international arbitration under UNCLOS
challenging whether the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's and
Venezuela's maritime boundary extends into Barbadian waters; Guyana
has also expressed its intention to include itself in the
arbitration as the Trinidad and Tobago-Venezuela maritime boundary
may extend into its waters as well
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US
and Europe; producer of cannabis
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007