Military branches Army, Air Force and Antiaircraft Command, Frontier Guards, FortificationGuards

Military manpower - military age 20 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,889,213 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males : 1,617,691 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 41,038 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $3.74 billion (1995)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 1.4% (1995)

Disputes - international none

Illicit drugs money-laundering center; transit country for and consumer of South Americancocaine and Southwest Asian heroin

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