Haiti:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition no regular military forces - small Coast Guard; the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished (2007)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 2,047,083 females age 16-49: 2,047,953 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 1,303,743 females age 16-49: 1,332,316 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 105,655 females age 16-49: 104,376 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 0.4% (2006)

Disputes - international	Definition since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic and sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island
Illicit drugs	Definition Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis