Switzerland
Military: SWITZERLAND
Military branches:
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,828,043
females age 16-49: 1,786,552 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,493,509
females age 16-49: 1,459,450 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 46,562
female: 42,585 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
Transnational Issues: SWITZERLAND
Disputes - international:
none
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 10,981 (Eritrea) (2012)
stateless persons: 69 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
a major international financial center vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Western European synthetics; domestic cannabis cultivation and limited ecstasy production