15, passenger 12, petroleum tanker 28, refrigerated cargo 37, roll
on/roll off 14, short-sea/passenger 2, specialized tanker 7

Airports:
27 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Netherlands

Military branches:
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (including Naval Air
Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal
Constabulary, Defense Interservice Command

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
20 years of age for an all volunteer force (May 2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 4,070,043 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,534,392 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 97,624 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$8,044.4 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.6% (2003)

Transnational Issues Netherlands

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
major European producer of ecstasy, illicit amphetamines, and other
synthetic drugs; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish
entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial
sector vulnerable to money laundering

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Netherlands Antilles

Introduction Netherlands Antilles

Background:
Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao
was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity
(and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th
century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly
discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is
shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and
is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion is called
Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe.

Geography Netherlands Antilles

Location:
Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes
Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the
Virgin Islands

Geographic coordinates: