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| Topic Started: Oct 10 2017, 01:11 PM (114 Views) | |
| Simon Darkshade | Oct 10 2017, 01:11 PM Post #1 |
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A collation of defence spending over time as GDP/capita for different countries: Australia 1966 - 3.7 1967 - 4.7 1968 - 4.9 1969 - 4.8 1970 - 4.0 1971 - 3.6 1972 - 2.9 1973 - 3.6 1974 - 3.3 1975 - 3.2 1976 - 3.2 1977 - missing 1978 - 2.9 1979 - 2.7 1980 - 2.8 1981 - 3.0 1982 - 3.0 1983 - 3.1 1984 - 3.2 1985 - 3.2 1986 - 2.8 1987 - 3.0 1988 - 2.7 1989 - 2.7 1990 - 2.7 1991 - 2.3 1992 - 2.4 1993 - 2.4 1994 - 2.4 1995 - 2.3 1996 - 2.5 1997 - 2.2 1998 - 2.2 |
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| Simon Darkshade | Oct 10 2017, 01:18 PM Post #2 |
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Britain 1950: 6% 1951: 9.9% 1952: 11.2% 1953: 11% 1954: 10% 1955: 8.8% 1956: 8.6% 1957: 7.8% 1958: 7.4% 1959: 7.1% 1960: 6.8% 1961: 6.8% 1962: 7.2% 1963: 7.0% 1964: 6.8% 1965: 6.7% 1966: 6.6% 1967: 6.8% 1968: 6.3% 1969: 5.6% 1970: 5.4% 1971: 5.5% 1972: 5.4% 1973: 5.5% 1974: 5.6% 1975: 5.5% 1976: 5.8% 1977: 5.6% 1978: 5.6% 1979: 5.7% 1980: 5.8% 1981: 5.7% 1982: 6.0% 1983: 5.3% 1984: 5.3% 1985: 5.3% 1986: 5.2% 1987: 4.8% 1988: 4.4% 1989: 4.1% 1990: 4.09 1991: 4.08 1992: 4.18 1993: 4.02 1994: 3.76 1995: 3.49 1996: 3.16 1997: 3.02 1998: 2.77 1999: 2.77 2000: 2.85 2001: 2.92 2002: 2.64 2003: 2.63 2004: 2.70 2005: 2.66 2006: 2.65 2007: 2.60 2008: 2.67 2009: 2.65 2010: 2.78 2011: 2.82 2012: 2.70 2013: 2.48 2014: 2.50 2015: 2.46 2016: 2.38 2017: 2.28 Edited by Simon Darkshade, Oct 10 2017, 01:38 PM.
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| Simon Darkshade | Oct 10 2017, 01:18 PM Post #3 |
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United States 1950: 8.1% 1951: 8.4% 1952: 14.1% 1953: 14.6% 1954: 13.5% 1955: 11.1% 1956: 10.5% 1957: 10.8% 1958: 10.7% 1959: 10.3% 1960: 9.8% 1961: 10.1% 1962: 10.5% 1963: 10.1% 1964: 9.5% 1965: 8.3% 1966: 8.5% 1967: 9.7% 1968: 10.0% 1969: 9.3% Edited by Simon Darkshade, Oct 10 2017, 01:37 PM.
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| Simon Darkshade | Oct 10 2017, 01:38 PM Post #4 |
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Soviet Union 1951: 24.2% 1952: 23.4% 1953: 19.4% 1954: 18.3% 1955: 19.5% 1956: 17.1% 1957: 15% 1958: 14.3% 1959: 13.6% 1960: 14.5% 1961: 15.3% 1962: 16.1% 1963: 16.6% 1964: 15.7% 1965: 16 % 1966: 15.6% 1967: 15.8% 1968: 16.1% 1969: 16.4% 1970: 15.4% 1971: 15.1% 1972: 14.9% 1973: 15.2% 1974: 15.4% 1975: 15.5% 1976: 15 % 1977: 15 % 1978: 14.4% 1979: 15 % 1980: 15.3 % 1981: 14.9 % 1982: 14.8 % 1983: 14.6 % 1984: 14.7 % 1985: 14.9 % 1986: 14.9 % 1987: 15.7 % 1988: 15.5 % 1989: 14.3 % 1990: 13.8 % |
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| Simon Darkshade | Oct 11 2017, 01:44 PM Post #5 |
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I'm going to try and find France, Canada and West Germany/Germany to round things off, as well as expand the US entry. A few conclusions leap out from the numbers already. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Oct 11 2017, 08:46 PM Post #6 |
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I'm honestly surprised the Soviet percentage is that low. |
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| Simon Darkshade | Oct 12 2017, 02:55 AM Post #7 |
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Other expenditure tied into defence kicked it higher, with this number being low end from what I've read. We've all seen the commonly bandied figure of 25% on defence, which depends on what calculations and numbers are used. |
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