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Mr. Sproat
asked the Minister of State for Defence what are the comparative figures between that percentage of the gross national product spent on the armed forces by the United Kingdom and each of the other NATO and Warsaw Pact countries for each of the last five years.
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| Mr. Ian Gilmour: The figures are as follows: |
| NATO* |
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1969 |
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
| Belgium |
… |
… |
… |
… |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
| Canada |
… |
… |
… |
… |
3.1 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
| Denmark |
… |
… |
… |
… |
3.3 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
| France |
… |
… |
… |
… |
5.5 |
5.0 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
| Federal Republic of Germany |
… |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
| Greece |
… |
… |
… |
… |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.6 |
5.3 |
| Italy |
… |
… |
… |
… |
3.3 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
| Luxembourg |
… |
… |
… |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
| Netherlands |
… |
… |
… |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
| Norway |
… |
… |
… |
… |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
| Portugal |
… |
… |
… |
… |
8.0 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
| Turkey |
… |
… |
… |
… |
5.5 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
| United Kingdom |
… |
… |
… |
6.3 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
| United States |
… |
… |
… |
10.1 |
9.4 |
8.6 |
7.7 |
7.5 |
| WARSAW PACT† |
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1969 |
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
| Bulgaria |
… |
… |
… |
… |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
| Czechoslovakia |
… |
… |
… |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.2 |
| East Germany |
… |
… |
… |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
| Hungary |
… |
… |
… |
… |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
| Poland |
… |
… |
… |
… |
3.8 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
| Romania |
… |
… |
… |
… |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
| USSR |
… |
… |
… |
… |
8.6 |
8.5 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
7.8 |
| * The figures are on the NATO definition, expressed as a percentage of GNP at factor cost. |
| † Estimates only. It is not possible to arrive at fully comparable figures. |