§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing the defence expenditure of each of the member States of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, respectively, together with -figures showing what proportion this expenditure is of each country's gross national product for the last complete year for which this information is available.
§ Mr. MulleyThe information for member States of NATO is given below. There are no reliable figures for the defence expenditure of member States of the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union, in 283W particular, has not been willing to take part in the UN Secretary-General's proposals for a pilot study on standardized reporting of military expenditure. Our
NATO Member country* Defence expenditure in 1977 US $million† Percentage of GDP Belgium … … … … … … 2,500 3.3 Canada … … … … … … 3,900 2.0 Denmark … … … … … … 1,000 2.5 France … … … … … … 14,500 3.9 Federal Republic of Germany‡ … … … 17,400 3.4 Italy … … … … … … 4,800 2.5 Luxembourg … … … … … 30 1.1 Netherlands … … … … … 3,500 3.3 Norway … … … … … … 1,100 3.1 Portugal … … … … … … 600 3.3 United Kingdom … … … … 11,800 4.9 United States … … … … … 104,200 5.5 NOTES: * Recent figures for Greece and Turkey are not available. Iceland has no armed forces. † Average currency exchange rates for the first six months of 1977. ‡ Figures exclude Berlin Aid.