Bulgaria
Military: Bulgaria
Military branches:
Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in January 2008; service obligation 6-9 months (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,637,470
females age 16-49: 1,621,352 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,320,955
females age 16-49: 1,337,616 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 33,444
female: 32,075 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 52
Transnational Issues: Bulgaria
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals; vulnerable to money laundering because of corruption, organized crime; some money laundering of drug-related proceeds through financial institutions (2008)
