spend/GDP

... in Tokelau = 187 %

... in Niue = 163 %

... in Kiribati = 127 %

... in British Virgin Islands = 83 %

... in Tuvalu = 82 %

... in Nauru = 81 %

... in Anguilla = 74 %

... in Greenland = 72 %

... in Andorra = 63 %

... in Iceland = 62 %

... in Marshall Islands = 62 %

... in Denmark = 61 %

... in Palau = 61 %

... in Finland = 58 %

... in Libya = 58 %

... in Faroe Islands = 55 %

... in Norway = 54 %

... in Sweden = 54 %

... in France = 53 %

... in Belgium = 50 %

... in Austria = 48 %

... in Cuba = 48 %

... in Switzerland = 46 %

... in Luxembourg = 46 %

... in Solomon Islands = 46 %

... in Falkland Islands = 45 %

... in Cook Islands = 43 %

... in Italy = 42 %

... in United States Virgin Islands = 42 %

... in Australia = 42 %

... in Northern Mariana Islands = 41 %

... in Germany = 40 %

... in Netherlands = 40 %

... in New Zealand = 40 %

... in American Samoa = 39 %

... in Turks and Caicos Islands = 39 %

... in Canada = 39 %

... in United Kingdom = 38 %

... in San Marino = 36 %

... in Venezuela = 36 %

... in Japan = 36 %

... in Vanuatu = 34 %

... in Israel = 34 %

... in Portugal = 33 %

... in Barbados = 33 %

... in United States = 33 %

... in Tonga = 33 %

... in Dominica = 33 %

... in Greece = 33 %

... in Spain = 32 %

... in East Timor = 32 %

... in Slovenia = 32 %

... in Cayman Islands = 31 %

... in Eritrea = 30 %

... in Montserrat = 29 %

... in Liechtenstein = 28 %

... in Ireland = 28 %

... in Saint Pierre and Miquelon = 28 %

... in Djibouti = 28 %

... in Cyprus = 28 %

... in Estonia = 27 %

... in Malta = 27 %

... in Samoa = 27 %

... in French Polynesia = 26 %

... in Croatia = 26 %

... in Maldives = 26 %

... in Uruguay = 26 %

... in Czech Republic = 24 %

... in Seychelles = 24 %

... in Hungary = 24 %

... in Latvia = 23 %

... in Slovakia = 23 %

... in Brazil = 23 %

... in Gibraltar = 23 %

... in Bolivia = 23 %

... in Guam = 23 %

... in Angola = 22 %

... in Kuwait = 21 %

... in Poland = 21 %

... in Ecuador = 20 %

... in Montenegro = 20 %

... in Fiji = 20 %

... in Saint Kitts and Nevis = 20 %

... in Guyana = 20 %

... in Bermuda = 19 %

... in Lesotho = 19 %

... in Namibia = 19 %

... in New Caledonia = 19 %

... in Belize = 18 %

... in Aruba = 18 %

... in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines = 18 %

... in Lebanon = 18 %

... in Bosnia and Herzegovina = 18 %

... in Lithuania = 18 %

... in Sao Tome and Principe = 18 %

... in Grenada = 17 %

... in Jersey = 17 %

... in Zimbabwe = 17 %

... in Serbia = 17 %

... in Oman = 17 %

... in United Arab Emirates = 17 %

... in Argentina = 17 %

... in Jamaica = 17 %

... in Qatar = 16 %

... in Comoros = 16 %

... in Papua New Guinea = 16 %

... in Guernsey = 16 %

... in Cape Verde = 16 %

... in Romania = 16 %

... in Saint Lucia = 16 %

... in Trinidad and Tobago = 16 %

... in Peru = 16 %

... in Isle of Man = 15 %

... in China = 15 %

... in Botswana = 15 %

... in Chile = 15 %

... in Costa Rica = 15 %

... in Antigua and Barbuda = 15 %

... in Macau = 15 %

... in South Africa = 14 %

... in Saudi Arabia = 14 %

... in Bulgaria = 14 %

... in Panama = 14 %

... in Monaco = 14 %

... in Moldova = 14 %

... in Bahrain = 14 %

... in Hong Kong = 14 %

... in Iraq = 13 %

... in Georgia = 13 %

... in Jordan = 13 %

... in Kenya = 13 %

... in Brunei = 13 %

... in Nicaragua = 13 %

... in Colombia = 13 %

... in El Salvador = 13 %

... in Vietnam = 12 %

... in Mauritius = 12 %

... in Algeria = 12 %

... in Armenia = 12 %

... in Bhutan = 12 %

... in Honduras = 12 %

... in Mexico = 12 %

... in Mozambique = 12 %

... in Macedonia = 12 %

... in Albania = 12 %

... in Kosovo = 12 %

... in Rwanda = 11 %

... in Belarus = 11 %

... in Burkina Faso = 11 %

... in Liberia = 11 %

... in Ivory Coast = 11 %

... in Kyrgyzstan = 11 %

... in Niger = 11 %

... in Tajikistan = 10 %

... in Singapore = 10 %

... in Mali = 10 %

... in Togo = 10 %

... in Central African Republic = 10 %

... in Mongolia = 10 %

... in Ghana = 10 %

... in Senegal = 10 %

... in Zambia = 10 %

... in Mauritania = 9 %

... in Turkey = 9 %

... in Benin = 9 %

... in Burundi = 9 %

... in Ukraine = 9 %

... in Morocco = 9 %

... in Guinea-Bissau = 9 %

... in Suriname = 9 %

... in Dominican Republic = 9 %

... in Tunisia = 9 %

... in Laos = 9 %

... in Cambodia = 8 %

... in Kazakhstan = 8 %

... in Cameroon = 8 %

... in Uzbekistan = 8 %

... in Ethiopia = 8 %

... in Nepal = 8 %

... in Afghanistan = 8 %

... in Taiwan = 8 %

... in Sudan = 8 %

... in Gabon = 8 %

... in Haiti = 8 %

... in Sierra Leone = 8 %

... in Puerto Rico = 7 %

... in Malaysia = 7 %

... in Sri Lanka = 7 %

... in Philippines = 7 %

... in Malawi = 7 %

... in Guatemala = 7 %

... in Pakistan = 7 %

... in Guinea = 7 %

... in Russia = 7 %

... in Equatorial Guinea = 7 %

... in Paraguay = 7 %

... in Thailand = 7 %

... in Turkmenistan = 7 %

... in Azerbaijan = 6 %

... in Egypt = 6 %

... in Uganda = 6 %

... in Bangladesh = 6 %

... in Iran = 6 %

... in West Bank = 6 %

... in Tanzania = 6 %

... in Madagascar = 6 %

... in Indonesia = 5 %

... in Yemen = 5 %

... in Syria = 5 %

... in Chad = 5 %

... in Myanmar = 4 %

... in India = 4 %

... in Nigeria = 2 %

... in Somalia = 1 %

... in South Sudan = 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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