Honduras 3, Hong Kong 299, Iceland 1, India 18, Indonesia
48, Ireland 1, Israel 5, Italy 9, Japan 1642, Kenya 1, Kuwait 2, Latvia
8, Liberia 5, Lithuania 1, Malaysia 18, Malta 2, Marshall Islands 1,
Mexico 8, Monaco 112, Netherlands 19, Netherlands Antilles 1, Nigeria 3,
Norway 98, Paraguay 1, Peru 15, Philippines 49, Poland 5, Portugal 7,
Puerto Rico 2, Romania 7, Russia 12, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines 5, Saudi Arabia 4, Seychelles 1, Singapore
112, South Africa 3, South Korea 342, Spain 52, Sri Lanka 3, Sudan 1,
Sweden 2, Switzerland 81, Taiwan 334, Thailand 14, Trinidad and Tobago 1,
Tunisia 1, Turkey 4, Ukraine 1, United Arab Emirates 54, United Kingdom
73, United States 115, Venezuela 6, Virgin Islands (UK) 8 (2002 est.)

Airports: 107 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 42 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047
m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 21 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 65 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under
914 m: 53 (2001)

Military Panama

Military branches: an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed
forces, but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF
includes the Panamanian National Police, National Maritime Service,
and National Air Service)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 789,973 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 540,052
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $128 million (FY99)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.3% (FY99)

Military - note: on 10 February 1990, the government of then President
ENDARA abolished Panama's military and reformed the security apparatus
by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's
Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting
the creation of a standing military force, but allowing the temporary
establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external
aggression"

Transnational Issues Panama

Disputes - international: none

Illicit drugs: major cocaine transshipment point and major drug
money-laundering center; no recent signs of coca cultivation; monitoring
of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a
major problem

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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