Transportation
Fiji

Airports:

28 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 18 (2007)

Railways:

total: 597 km
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge
note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used
to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2006)

Roadways:

total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (2000)

Waterways:

203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges
(2006)

Merchant marine:

total: 9
by type: passenger 3, passenger/cargo 4, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Australia 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Lautoka, Suva

Military
Fiji

Military branches:

Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Forces
(2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service; reserve obligation
to age 45 (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 242,567
females age 16-49: 238,556 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 189,282
females age 16-49: 202,350 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 9,077
female: 8,728 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

2.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues
Fiji

Disputes - international:

none

Trafficking in persons:

current situation: Fiji is a source country for children trafficked
for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and a destination
country for a small number of women from China and India trafficked
for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 3 - Fiji does not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making
significant efforts to do so; the government has demonstrated no
action to investigate or prosecute traffickers, assist victims, take
steps to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts, or support any
anti-trafficking information or education campaigns; Fiji has not
ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Finland

Introduction
Finland

Background:

Finland was a province an