HC Deb 05 April 1984 vol 57 cc662-3W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the percentage of gross domestic product devoted to defence expenditure by each member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation under its North Atlantic Treaty obligations.

Mr. Stanley

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Country Defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP at market prices (1983)
Belgium 3.4
Canada 2.1
Denmark *2.4
France 4.2
Germany 3.4
Greece 7.1
Italy 2.8
Luxembourg 1.3
Netherlands 3.3
Norway 3.1
Portugal 3.4
Spain *2.0
Turkey 4.9
United Kingdom 5.4
United States 6.9
* Estimate

Notes:

1. Information based on provisional outturn figures, compiled from NATO sources, except where indicated.

2. Iceland does not appropriate funds for defence, but makes a contribution to the NATO military budget.

Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the proportion of the total gross domestic product of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member countries accounted for by each individual member country and the corresponding proportion of total defence spending under the North Atlantic Treaty accounted for by each individual country.

Mr. Stanley

The information requested is set out for calendar year 1983 in the table:

Country National gross domestic product as a percentage of total NATO gross domestic product (1983) per cent. National defence expenditure as a percentage of total NATO defence expenditure (1983) per cent.
Belgium 1.3 0.8
Canada 5.2 2.1
Denmark 0.9 *0.4
France 8.3 6.5
Germany 10.6 6.8
Greece 0.6 0.7
Iceland 0.04 —
Italy 6.1 31
Luxembourg 0.05 0.01
Netherlands 2.1 1.3
Norway 0.9 0.5
Portugal 0.3 0.2
Spain 2.6 *1.0
Turkey 0.8 0.7
United Kingdom 7.4 7.4
United States 53.0 68.4

Notes:

(1) Information based on NATO and OECD indicated.

(2) Figures for defence budgets are based on provisional outturn.

(3) National GDPs and defence budgets have dollars using 1983 average market exchange necessarily reflect the relative purchasing currencies.

(4) Iceland does not appropriate funds for contribution to the NATO military budget.