Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 3,016 female: 3,024 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
0.5% of GDP (2006)
Transnational Issues
Bahamas, The
Disputes - international:
disagrees with the US on the alignment the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict drug dealers and Haitian and Cuban refugees in Bahamian waters
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008