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Please note that Ivory Coast
and Cote d'Ivoire means the same thing. Both are used on this website
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Military branches of Cote
d'Ivoire West Africa:
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Army, Navy, Air Force |
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Military service age and
obligation in Ivory Coast:
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18 years of age for compulsory and
voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months
(2004) |
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Manpower available for military
service in Cote d'Ivoire:
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males age 18-49: 3,696,106
females age 18-49: 3,569,967 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower fit for military service
in Ivory Coast:
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males age 18-49: 1,973,265
females age 18-49: 1,911,777 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower reaching military
service age annually:
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males age 18-49: 189,354
females age 18-49: 192,600 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar
figure in Cote d'Ivoire:
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$246.6 million (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures of Ivory
Coast - percent of GDP:
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1.6% (2005 est.) |
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Refugees and internally displaced
persons:
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refugees (country of origin):
70,402 (Liberia)
IDPs: 500,000-800,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western
regions) (2005) |
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Illicit drugs in Ivory Coast West
Africa:
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illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for
local consumption; transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast
Asian heroin to Europe and occasionally to the US, and for Latin
American cocaine destined for Europe and South Africa; while rampant
corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system
vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial
system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering
center |
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