Portugal:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Portuguese Army (Exercito Portugues), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) (2008)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory military service ended in 2004; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties (2005)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 2,573,913 females age 16-49: 2,498,262 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 2,099,647 females age 16-49: 2,060,559 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 64,910 females age 16-49: 58,599 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 2.3% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz
Illicit drugs	Definition seizing record amounts of Latin American cocaine destined for Europe; a European gateway for Southwest Asian heroin; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe; consumer of Southwest Asian heroin