Country Profile and Demographics: National Military Expenditures

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Per Capita Income
Luxemburg has the highest per capita income ($55,100 in 2003), and East Timor has the lowest ($500 in 2001).

Refugees better off than Canadian Seniors
A single refugee receives from the Canadian Government a monthly allowance of $1,890.00, plus $580.00 in social assistance, a total of $2,470.00.
But a Canadian single pensioner receives only a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age Security Income and Guaranteed Income Supplement.
The Canadian Government is treating refugees more favourably than the country's senior citizens.
Is this fair?

Americans at age 65 or older.
Today, about 13% of Americans, or 35 million people, are aged 65 and older. But between 2010 and 2030, this segment of the population is expected to swell to over 69 million, and one in five of us will be considered “elderly.” By 2050, the elderly population is projected to reach 79 million. (U.S. Census Bureau)

Deaths from HIV/AIDS
South Africa has the most people who died of AIDS (370,000 in 2003), compared to Svalbard (0 in 2001).

Teen Pregnancy
USA has the highest rate of teen pregnancy among the industrialized countries.

$17 billion spent on pet food a year in Europe and USA
According to the UN, Americans and Europeans together spend $17 billion a year on pet food, $4 billion more than the estimated yearly additional amount needed to provide everyone in the world with basic health and nutrition.

Military Expenditures
This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).
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Country	Military expenditures - percent of GDP (%)
Afghanistan	1.9% (2006 est.)
Albania	1.49% (2005 est.)
Algeria	3.3% (2006)
Angola	5.7% (2006)
Antigua and Barbuda	NA
Argentina	1.3% (2005 est.)
Armenia	6.5% (FY01)
Australia	2.4% (2006)
Austria	0.9% (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan	2.6% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The	0.5% (2006)
Bahrain	4.5% (2006)
Bangladesh	1.5% (2006)
Barbados	0.5% (2006 est.)
Belarus	1.4% (2005 est.)
Belgium	1.3% (2005 est.)
Belize	1.4% (2006)
Benin	1.7% (2006)
Bermuda	0.11% (2005 est.)
Bhutan	1% (2005 est.)
Bolivia	1.9% (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.5% (2005 est.)
Botswana	3.3% (2006)
Brazil	2.6% (2006 est.)
Brunei	4.5% (2006)
Bulgaria	2.6% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso	1.2% (2006)
Burma	2.1% (2005 est.)
Burundi	5.9% (2006 est.)
Cambodia	3% (2005 est.)
Cameroon	1.3% (2006)
Canada	1.1% (2005 est.)
Cape Verde	0.7% (2005)
Central African Republic	1.1% (2006 est.)
Chad	4.2% (2006)
Chile	2.7% (2006)
China	4.3% (2006)
Colombia	3.4% (2005 est.)
Comoros	2.8% (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5% (2006)
Congo, Republic of the	3.1% (2006)
Costa Rica	0.4% (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire	1.6% (2005 est)
Croatia	2.39% (2005 est.)
Cuba	3.8% (2006 est.)
Cyprus	3.8% (2005 est.)
Czech Republic	1.46% (2007 est.)
Denmark	1.5% (2006; 1.28% 2007 est.)
Djibouti	3.8% (2006)
Dominica	NA (2006)
Dominican Republic	0.8% (2006)
Ecuador	2.8% (2006)
Egypt	3.4% (2005 est.)
El Salvador	5% (2006)
Equatorial Guinea	0.1% (2006 est.)
Eritrea	6.3% (2006 est.)
Estonia	2% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia	3% (2006)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
Faroe Islands	NA
Fiji	2.2% (2005 est.)
Finland	2% (2005 est.)
France	2.6% (2005 est.)
Gabon	3.4% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The	0.5% (2006)
Gaza Strip	NA
Georgia	0.59% (2005 est.)
Germany	1.5% (2005 est.)
Ghana	0.8% (2006 est.)
Greece	4.3% (2005 est.)
Grenada	NA
Guatemala	0.4% (2006)
Guinea	1.7% (2006)
Guinea-Bissau	3.1% (2005 est.)
Guyana	1.8% (2006)
Haiti	0.4% (2006)
Honduras	0.6% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong	NA
Hungary	1.75% (2005 est.)
Iceland	0% (2005 est.)
India	2.5% (2006)
Indonesia	3% (2005 est.)
Iran	2.5% (2006)
Iraq	8.6% (2006)
Ireland	0.9% (2005 est.)
Israel	7.3% (2006)
Italy	1.8% (2005 est.)
Jamaica	0.6% (2006 est.)
Japan	0.8% (2006)
Jordan	8.6% (2006)
Kazakhstan	0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02)
Kenya	2.8% (2006)
Kiribati	NA
Korea, North	NA
Korea, South	2.7% (2006)
Kuwait	5.3% (2006)
Kyrgyzstan	1.4% (2005 est.)
Laos	0.5% (2006)
Latvia	1.2% (2005 est.)
Lebanon	3.1% (2005 est.)
Lesotho	2.6% (2006)
Liberia	1.3% (2006 est.)
Libya	3.9% (2005 est.)
Lithuania	1.2% (2006; 1.23% 2007 est.)
Luxembourg	0.9% (2005 est.)
Macedonia	6% (2005 est.)
Madagascar	1% (2006)
Malawi	1.3% (2006)
Malaysia	2.03% (2005 est.)
Maldives	5.5% (2005 est.)
Mali	1.9% (2006)
Malta	0.7% (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands	NA
Mauritania	5.5% (2006)
Mauritius	0.3% (2006 est.)
Mexico	0.5% (2006 est.)
Moldova	0.4% (2005 est.)
Mongolia	1.4% (2006)
Morocco	5% (2003 est.)
Mozambique	0.8% (2006)
Namibia	3.7% (2006)
Nauru	NA
Nepal	1.6% (2006)
Netherlands	1.6% (2005 est.)
New Caledonia	NA
New Zealand	1% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua	0.6% (2006)
Niger	1.3% (2006)
Nigeria	1.5% (2006)
Norway	1.9% (2005 est.)
Oman	11.4% (2005 est.)
Pakistan	3.2% (2006; 3% 2007 est.)
Palau	NA
Panama	1% (2006)
Papua New Guinea	1.4% (2005 est.)
Paraguay	1% (2006 est.)
Peru	1.5% (2006)
Philippines	0.9% (2005 est.)
Poland	1.71% (2005 est.)
Portugal	2.3% (2005 est.)
Qatar	10% (2005 est.)
Romania	1.9% (2007 est.)
Russia	3.9% (2005)
Rwanda	2.9% (2006 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA
Saint Lucia	NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA
Samoa	NA
San Marino	NA
Sao Tome and Principe	0.8% (2006)
Saudi Arabia	10% (2005 est.)
Senegal	1.4% (2005 est.)
Seychelles	2% (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone	2.3% (2006)
Singapore	4.9% (2005 est.)
Slovakia	1.87% (2005 est.)
Slovenia	1.7% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands	3% (2006)
Somalia	0.9% (2005 est.)
South Africa	1.7% (2006)
Spain	1.2% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka	2.6% (2006)
Sudan	3% (2005 est.)
Suriname	0.6% (2006 est.)
Swaziland	4.7% (2006)
Sweden	1.5% (2005 est.)
Switzerland	1% (2005 est.)
Syria	5.9% (2005 est.)
Taiwan	2.2% (2006)
Tajikistan	3.9% (2005 est.)
Tanzania	0.2% (2005 est.)
Thailand	1.8% (2005 est.)
Timor-Leste	NA
Togo	1.6% (2005 est.)
Tonga	0.9% (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	0.3% (2006)
Tunisia	1.4% (2006)
Turkey	5.3% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan	3.4% (2005 est.)
Tuvalu	NA
Uganda	2.2% (2006)
Ukraine	1.4% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates	3.1% (2005 est.)
United Kingdom	2.4% (2005 est.)
United States	4.06% (2005 est.)
Uruguay	1.6% (2006)
Uzbekistan	2% (2005 est.)
Vanuatu	NA
Venezuela	1.2% (2005 est.)
Vietnam	2.5% (2005 est.)
West Bank	NA
World	roughly 2% of gross world product (2005 est.)
Yemen	6.6% (2006)
Zambia	1.8% (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe	3.8% (2006)

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