Military branches National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Forceor SMF, Special Support Units or SSU, and National Coast Guard)

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 333,029 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males : 169,129 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $11.2 million (FY92/93)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 0.4% (FY92/93)

Disputes - international claims the island of Diego Garcia in UK-administered British IndianOcean Territory; claims French-administered Tromelin Island

Illicit drugs illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; heroinconsumption and transshipment are growing problems

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritius 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 Mauritius Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.