§ Sir Patrick Wallasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the expenditure of each North Atlantic Treaty Organisation nation, including Spain, on defence as a percentage of gross national product and on a per capita basis.
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§ Mr. BlakerThe most up-to-date information available for countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is for 1981, at which time Spain was not a member of the organisation. The information is as follows:
Country Defence spending as per cent of GDP Defence spending per capita (US $) Belgium 3.3 348 Canada 1.8 211 Denmark 2.5 280 France 4.2 442 Germany 3.4 377 Greece 5.9 238 Italy 2.5 151 Luxembourg 1.3 130 Netherlands 3.2 319 Norway 2.9 402 Portugal 3.6 84 Turkey 4.8 62 United Kingdom 4.9 439 United States 5.8 730 Notes:
These figures are provisional and based on NATO definitions of defence expenditure.
They are expressed at average 1981 exchange rates.
Defence expenditure of NATO nations is calculated as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product rather than Gross National Product.
Defence spending for Iceland is negligible.
168WFor information concerning Spain, I refer the hon. Member to the International Institute for Strategic Studies publication "The Military Balance, 1982–83".