Hungary
Military: Hungary
Military branches:
Hungarian Defense Forces: Land Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML) (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; 6-month service obligation (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,349,948
females age 16-49: 2,290,568 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,902,639
females age 16-49: 1,897,378 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 59,237
female: 55,533 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 83
Transnational Issues: Hungary
Disputes - international:
bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continue in 2006 with Slovakia over Hungary's failure to complete its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Hungary has implemented the strict Schengen border rules
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
stateless persons: 111 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and for South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and methamphetamine; efforts to counter money laundering, related to organized crime and drug trafficking are improving but remain vulnerable; significant consumer of ecstasy
