spend/GDP

... in Croatia = 348 %

... in Tuvalu = 220 %

... in Mauritania = 199 %

... in Nauru = 139 %

... in Kiribati = 104 %

... in Tajikistan = 95 %

... in Andorra = 76 %

... in Libya = 72 %

... in Marshall Islands = 69 %

... in Cuba = 69 %

... in Micronesia = 68 %

... in Finland = 57 %

... in France = 56 %

... in Italy = 54 %

... in Kuwait = 53 %

... in Norway = 52 %

... in Belgium = 52 %

... in East Timor = 50 %

... in Serbia = 50 %

... in Germany = 50 %

... in Lesotho = 49 %

... in Denmark = 49 %

... in Canada = 49 %

... in Suriname = 48 %

... in Sweden = 48 %

... in United Kingdom = 48 %

... in Austria = 48 %

... in Oman = 47 %

... in Montenegro = 47 %

... in Iceland = 47 %

... in Greece = 46 %

... in Mongolia = 45 %

... in Hungary = 45 %

... in Tonga = 43 %

... in Slovakia = 43 %

... in Slovenia = 43 %

... in Portugal = 43 %

... in New Zealand = 43 %

... in Poland = 42 %

... in Latvia = 42 %

... in Luxembourg = 42 %

... in Spain = 42 %

... in Vanuatu = 41 %

... in Solomon Islands = 41 %

... in Palau = 41 %

... in Netherlands = 41 %

... in Guyana = 41 %

... in Czech Republic = 41 %

... in Bosnia and Herzegovina = 41 %

... in Maldives = 40 %

... in Cyprus = 40 %

... in Israel = 39 %

... in Estonia = 39 %

... in Bulgaria = 39 %

... in Namibia = 38 %

... in Japan = 38 %

... in Algeria = 38 %

... in Belarus = 38 %

... in Australia = 38 %

... in Argentina = 38 %

... in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines = 37 %

... in Malta = 37 %

... in Iraq = 37 %

... in Ecuador = 37 %

... in Burundi = 37 %

... in United States = 36 %

... in Saudi Arabia = 36 %

... in Nepal = 36 %

... in Bolivia = 36 %

... in South Africa = 35 %

... in Macedonia = 35 %

... in Belize = 35 %

... in Seychelles = 34 %

... in Russia = 34 %

... in Lithuania = 34 %

... in Saint Kitts and Nevis = 34 %

... in Kyrgyzstan = 34 %

... in China = 34 %

... in Turkey = 33 %

... in Sudan = 33 %

... in Romania = 33 %

... in Dominica = 33 %

... in Botswana = 33 %

... in Brazil = 33 %

... in Bahrain = 33 %

... in Azerbaijan = 33 %

... in Tunisia = 32 %

... in Swaziland = 32 %

... in Rwanda = 32 %

... in Colombia = 32 %

... in Bhutan = 32 %

... in Samoa = 31 %

... in Uruguay = 31 %

... in Trinidad and Tobago = 31 %

... in Mozambique = 31 %

... in Moldova = 31 %

... in Saint Lucia = 31 %

... in Lebanon = 31 %

... in Fiji = 31 %

... in Egypt = 31 %

... in Cape Verde = 31 %

... in Switzerland = 31 %

... in Qatar = 30 %

... in Morocco = 30 %

... in Jordan = 30 %

... in Republic of the Congo = 30 %

... in Barbados = 30 %

... in United Arab Emirates = 30 %

... in Vietnam = 29 %

... in Cambodia = 29 %

... in Jamaica = 29 %

... in India = 29 %

... in Georgia = 29 %

... in Albania = 29 %

... in Uzbekistan = 28 %

... in Nicaragua = 28 %

... in Zambia = 27 %

... in El Salvador = 27 %

... in Malawi = 27 %

... in Papua New Guinea = 26 %

... in Mauritius = 26 %

... in Honduras = 26 %

... in Chile = 26 %

... in Brunei = 26 %

... in Burkina Faso = 26 %

... in Afghanistan = 26 %

... in Mexico = 25 %

... in Kenya = 25 %

... in Ireland = 25 %

... in Armenia = 25 %

... in Thailand = 24 %

... in Senegal = 24 %

... in Singapore = 24 %

... in Pakistan = 24 %

... in Philippines = 24 %

... in Malaysia = 24 %

... in Myanmar = 24 %

... in Equatorial Guinea = 24 %

... in Grenada = 24 %

... in Ivory Coast = 24 %

... in Bahamas = 24 %

... in Ukraine = 23 %

... in Panama = 23 %

... in Laos = 23 %

... in Kazakhstan = 23 %

... in South Korea = 23 %

... in Djibouti = 23 %

... in Costa Rica = 23 %

... in Antigua and Barbuda = 23 %

... in Togo = 22 %

... in San Marino = 22 %

... in Paraguay = 22 %

... in Niger = 22 %

... in Ghana = 22 %

... in Sierra Leone = 21 %

... in Peru = 21 %

... in Sri Lanka = 21 %

... in Guinea-Bissau = 21 %

... in Cameroon = 21 %

... in Uganda = 20 %

... in Mali = 20 %

... in Gambia = 20 %

... in Central African Republic = 20 %

... in Benin = 20 %

... in Chad = 19 %

... in Comoros = 19 %

... in Haiti = 18 %

... in Gabon = 18 %

... in Angola = 18 %

... in Tanzania = 17 %

... in Indonesia = 17 %

... in Monaco = 16 %

... in Iran = 16 %

... in Dominican Republic = 16 %

... in Turkmenistan = 15 %

... in Madagascar = 15 %

... in Guinea = 15 %

... in Ethiopia = 15 %

... in Guatemala = 14 %

... in Democratic Republic of the Congo = 14 %

... in Bangladesh = 14 %

... in Syria = 13 %

... in Nigeria = 13 %

... in Liechtenstein = 13 %

... in North Korea = 12 %

... in Eritrea = 9 %

... in Yemen = 7 %

... in Somalia = 2 %

... in Zimbabwe = 0 %

... in Venezuela = 0 %

... in Liberia = 0 %

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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