Turkmenistan Military 1997

Military branches Army, Air and Air Defense, Republic Security Forces (internal and bordertroops), National Guard

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,052,184 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 856,380 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males : 42,948 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure 4.5 billion manats (1995); note - conversion of defense expendituresinto US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 3% (1995)

Disputes - international Caspian Sea boundaries are not yet determined among Azerbaijan, Iran,Kazakstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan

Illicit drugs limited illicit cultivator of opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption;limited government eradication program; increasingly used as transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia to Russia and Western Europe;also a transshipment point for acetic anhydride destined for Afghanistan

NOTE: The information regarding Turkmenistan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkmenistan Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkmenistan Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.