National Military Expenditure In North America (as % of GDP)

The figures quoted below come from the 2010 online edition of the CIA World Factbook. Whilst politics generally infleunce the overall shape of these kinds of lists, particularly when they are done by governmental agencies, there is atleast a guide here as to which governments are spending too much on internal and external military interests. The CIA has the World average at 2.00%, which, most will agree, is way above what is needed to keep the World stable. When reading this list, please also take into account the actual GDP of the country. Get some GDP info here.

El Salvador special forces army soldier

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Data sourced from the online version of the CIA World Factbook - April.07.2010 - Next BlatantWorld.com data update 2011

	Country	World Rank [1]	% Of National GDP [1]	Year [2]
1	El Salvador	18	5.00	2006
2	United States	28	4.06	2005 est.
3	Cuba	32	3.80	2006 est.
	The World		2.00	2005 est.
4	Belize	111	1.40	2006
5	Canada	131	1.10	2005 est.
6	Panama	137	1.00	2006
7	Dominican Republic	146	0.80	2006
8	Honduras	153	0.60	2006 est.
9	Jamaica	154	0.60	2006 est.
10	Nicaragua	156	0.60	2006
11	Barbados	158	0.50	2006 est.
12	Bahamas	159	0.50	2006
13	Mexico	160	0.50	2006 est.
14	Costa Rica	163	0.40	2006
15	Guatemala	164	0.40	2006
16	Haiti	166	0.40	2006
17	Trinidad & Tobago	168	0.30	2006
18	Bermuda	170	0.11	2005 est.

Country [3]

Costa Rica

Dominica

Grenada

Haiti

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

*NOTE - In addition to those mentioned above, Panama has very limited military forces.

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References

[1] "The CIA World Factbook Online Edition (Ongoing Updates) :: Country Comparison :: Military expenditures" Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - these are the figures which have been released as part of the online edition of the CIA Yearbook, and they come from a mixture of sources. Some of these figures are CIA estimates, and all figures, plus the overall shape of the chart, should be treated as a guide only, as politics generally infleunces these kinds of lists when they are made by governmental agencies. last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on April.07.2010
[2] The year quoted above for each respective country, is the latest year which the CIA World Factbook (online edition - constantly updated) had published when we last retrieved this data. last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on April.07.2010
[3] Some of the countries listed as having no official military, have a police force which acts in a similar way, and may even be funded as well as military forces in other countries. Many dependenies, autonomous regions and independence-seeking states are not listed above, as this list only includes the most widely-recognised countries and states.

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