Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 105,735 female: 100,747 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.6% of GDP (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues
Netherlands
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
major European producer of synthetic drugs, including ecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering; significant consumer of ecstasy
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008