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Historical Defence Spending
Topic Started: Oct 10 2017, 01:11 PM (114 Views)
Simon Darkshade
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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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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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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%
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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
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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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I'm honestly surprised the Soviet percentage is that low.
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Simon Darkshade
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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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