Country
Snapshot | Population:
435,449 (July 2003 est.) Size,
comparable to U.S.: slightly larger than Georgia Per
Capita GDP, not adjusted for PPP (year): (2001): $1,672 Defense
Expenditure as a percentage of GDP: 1.6% (1997 est.) Size
of armed forces: 2,000 (2001) U.S.
military personnel present: 3 (2003) |
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| |
2002 | |
2003 | |
2004 | |
2005 | |
2006
est | |
2007
req |
Funding |
Trainees |
Funding |
Trainees |
Funding |
Trainees |
International
Narcotics Control (INC) | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Foreign
Military Financing (FMF) | |
0.15 |
| |
0.24 |
| |
0.11 |
| |
0.10 | |
0.10 | |
0.08 |
International
Military Education and Training (IMET) | |
0.15 |
11 | |
0.16 |
15 | |
0.15 |
15 | |
0.14 | |
0.15 | |
0.15 |
"Section
1004" (Defense Dept. Counternarcotics) | |
0.02 |
| |
0.02 |
122 | |
0.02 |
| |
0.02 | |
0.02 | |
0.02 |
"Section
1033" (Defense Dept. Counternarcotics) | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Emergency
Drawdowns | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Antiterrorism
Assistance (NADR/ATA) | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Export
Control / Border Security (NADR/EXBS) | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Demining
(NADR/HD) | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Small
Arms / Light Weapons (NADR/SALW) | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Peacekeeping
Operations (PKO) | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Counter-Terrorism
Fellowship Program (CTFP) | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Regional
Defense Centers (CHDS) | |
0.02 |
3 | |
0.02 |
2 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Discretionary
Funds from ONDCP | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Excess
Defense Articles (EDA) | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Aviation
Leadership Program (ALP) | | 0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Enhanced
International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
Sales,
JCETS, exchanges and unspecified | | 0.02 |
13 | |
|
| |
|
35 | |
| |
| |
|
Total | |
0.36 |
27 | |
0.44 |
139 | |
0.29 |
50 | |
0.26 | |
0.27 | |
0.25 |
**All numbers in millions of U.S. dollars.
**Underlined numbers are estimates
based on the last available year.
| |
1996 | |
1997 | |
1998 | |
1999 | |
2000 | |
2001 |
Funding |
Trainees |
Funding |
Trainees |
Funding |
Trainees |
Funding |
Trainees |
International
Narcotics Control (INC) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Foreign
Military Financing (FMF) | |
0.08 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
International
Military Education and Training (IMET) | |
0.08 | |
0.15 | |
0.08 |
18 | |
0.10 |
86 | |
0.10 |
72 | |
0.11 |
86 |
"Section
1004" (Defense Dept. Counternarcotics) | |
? | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.05 |
| |
0.02 |
|
"Section
1033" (Defense Dept. Counternarcotics) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Emergency
Drawdowns | | 0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Antiterrorism
Assistance (NADR/ATA) | | 0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Export
Control / Border Security (NADR/EXBS) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Demining
(NADR/HD) | | 0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Small
Arms / Light Weapons (NADR/SALW) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Peacekeeping
Operations (PKO) | | 0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Counter-Terrorism
Fellowship Program (CTFP) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Regional
Defense Centers (CHDS) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.02 |
3 | |
0.03 |
4 | |
0.02 |
3 |
Discretionary
Funds from ONDCP | | 0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Excess
Defense Articles (EDA) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Aviation
Leadership Program (ALP) | | 0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Enhanced
International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) | |
0.00 | |
0.00 | |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
| |
0.00 |
|
Sales,
JCETS, exchanges and unspecified | |
| |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
0.50 |
78 | |
|
|
Total | |
0.15 | |
0.15 | |
0.08 |
18 | |
0.12 |
89 | |
0.69 |
154 | |
0.15 |
89 |
**All numbers in millions of U.S. dollars.
| | 1996 | | 1997 | | 1998 | | 1999 | | 2000 | | 2001 | | 2002 | | 2003 | | 2004 | | 2005 | | 2006
est | | 2007
req | International
Narcotics Control (INC) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Economic
Support Funds (ESF) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Development
Assistance (DA) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Child
Survival and Health (CSH) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
P.L.
480 "Food for Peace" | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peace
Corps | | 0.73 | | 0.80 | | 0.75 | | 0.86 | | 0.89 | | 0.74 | | 0.84 | | 1.00 | | 1.21 | | 1.25 | | 1.38 | | 1.47 |
Transition
Initiatives | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Counterterrorism
Financing (NADR/CTF) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Millennium
Challenge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
HIV/AIDS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | 0.73 |
| 0.80 |
| 0.75 |
| 0.86 |
| 0.89 |
| 0.74 |
| 0.84 |
| 1.00 |
| 1.21 |
| 1.25 |
| 1.38 |
| 1.47 |
**All numbers in millions of U.S. dollars.
Program | 1996
actual | 1997
actual | 1998
actual | 1999
actual | 2000
actual | 2001
actual | 2002
estimate | 2003
estimate | Foreign
Military Sales Government-to-government sales of defense articles,
training and services | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Agreements) | $0
(Deliveries) | $0
(Deliveries) | $0
(Deliveries) | $0
(Deliveries) | $0
(Deliveries) | $2
(Deliveries) | $22
(Deliveries) | |
Direct
Commercial Sales Sales from U.S. companies licensed
by the U.S. government (Licenses) | $135,761
| $138,610
| $198,222
| $98,482
| $16,732 | $314,048 | $92,133 | $26,380 |
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