Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police, CoastalCivil Guard

Military manpower - military age 20 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 10,387,353 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 8,381,141 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 333,758 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $6.3 billion (1995)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 1.4% (1995)

Disputes - international Gibraltar question with UK; Spain controls five places of sovereignty(plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - the coastal enclavesof Ceuta and Melilla, which Morocco contests, as well as the islands of Penonde Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas

Illicit drugs key European gateway country for Latin American cocaine and North Africanhashish entering the European market; transshipment point for and consumerof Southwest Asian heroin

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