Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Military: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Military branches:
no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVPF) (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 27,809 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 22,875
females age 16-49: 22,015 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 964
female: 953 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NA
Transnational Issues: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Disputes - international:
joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which permits Venezuela to extend its Economic Exclusion Zone/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; small-scale cannabis cultivation
