spend/GDP

... in Greenland = 72 %

... in Zimbabwe = 69 %

... in Denmark = 63 %

... in Norway = 63 %

... in Iceland = 63 %

... in Finland = 61 %

... in Sweden = 57 %

... in Venezuela = 57 %

... in France = 55 %

... in Belgium = 54 %

... in Switzerland = 49 %

... in Austria = 48 %

... in Cuba = 48 %

... in Australia = 46 %

... in Solomon Islands = 46 %

... in Italy = 43 %

... in Canada = 42 %

... in United States Virgin Islands = 42 %

... in New Zealand = 42 %

... in United Kingdom = 41 %

... in Germany = 41 %

... in Netherlands = 41 %

... in Japan = 39 %

... in Greece = 37 %

... in Israel = 36 %

... in Spain = 34 %

... in Portugal = 34 %

... in Slovenia = 33 %

... in Dominica = 33 %

... in Tonga = 33 %

... in Eritrea = 30 %

... in Cyprus = 29 %

... in Ireland = 29 %

... in Djibouti = 28 %

... in Croatia = 27 %

... in Samoa = 27 %

... in Brazil = 26 %

... in French Polynesia = 26 %

... in Uruguay = 26 %

... in Hungary = 25 %

... in Estonia = 24 %

... in Bolivia = 24 %

... in Slovakia = 23 %

... in United States = 23 %

... in Czech Republic = 23 %

... in Ecuador = 22 %

... in Latvia = 22 %

... in Argentina = 20 %

... in Poland = 20 %

... in Montenegro = 20 %

... in Guyana = 20 %

... in New Caledonia = 19 %

... in Lithuania = 18 %

... in Belize = 18 %

... in Lebanon = 18 %

... in Bosnia and Herzegovina = 18 %

... in Peru = 17 %

... in Jamaica = 17 %

... in Chile = 17 %

... in Saint Lucia = 16 %

... in Namibia = 16 %

... in Papua New Guinea = 16 %

... in South Africa = 16 %

... in Costa Rica = 15 %

... in China = 15 %

... in Colombia = 15 %

... in Botswana = 15 %

... in Panama = 15 %

... in Hong Kong = 15 %

... in Romania = 15 %

... in Bulgaria = 14 %

... in Liberia = 14 %

... in El Salvador = 13 %

... in Jordan = 13 %

... in Belarus = 13 %

... in Iraq = 13 %

... in Brunei = 13 %

... in Mexico = 13 %

... in Nicaragua = 13 %

... in Ivory Coast = 12 %

... in Mauritius = 12 %

... in Kenya = 12 %

... in Mozambique = 12 %

... in Moldova = 12 %

... in Vietnam = 12 %

... in Armenia = 12 %

... in Honduras = 12 %

... in Albania = 12 %

... in Togo = 11 %

... in Burkina Faso = 11 %

... in Burundi = 11 %

... in Rwanda = 11 %

... in Mali = 10 %

... in Singapore = 10 %

... in Tajikistan = 10 %

... in Kyrgyzstan = 10 %

... in Niger = 10 %

... in Zambia = 10 %

... in Morocco = 10 %

... in Ghana = 10 %

... in Mongolia = 10 %

... in Guinea-Bissau = 10 %

... in Senegal = 10 %

... in Kazakhstan = 9 %

... in Gabon = 9 %

... in Benin = 9 %

... in Suriname = 9 %

... in Turkey = 9 %

... in Sierra Leone = 9 %

... in Dominican Republic = 9 %

... in Tunisia = 9 %

... in Laos = 9 %

... in Russia = 8 %

... in Taiwan = 8 %

... in Thailand = 8 %

... in Nepal = 8 %

... in Uzbekistan = 8 %

... in Ethiopia = 8 %

... in Haiti = 8 %

... in Sudan = 8 %

... in Cambodia = 8 %

... in Cameroon = 8 %

... in Philippines = 7 %

... in Azerbaijan = 7 %

... in Malaysia = 7 %

... in Puerto Rico = 7 %

... in Paraguay = 7 %

... in Guinea = 7 %

... in Malawi = 7 %

... in Guatemala = 7 %

... in Turkmenistan = 7 %

... in Sri Lanka = 7 %

... in Uganda = 6 %

... in West Bank = 6 %

... in Chad = 6 %

... in Tanzania = 6 %

... in Bangladesh = 6 %

... in Egypt = 6 %

... in Iran = 6 %

... in Pakistan = 5 %

... in Madagascar = 5 %

... in Syria = 5 %

... in Indonesia = 5 %

... in India = 4 %

... in Myanmar = 4 %

... in Ukraine = 4 %

... in Nigeria = 2 %

... in Somalia = 1 %

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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