HC Deb 04 November 1993 vol 231 c471W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish for the last two years for which figures are available, the figures for defence spending as a proportion of gross domestic product in each NATO member country.

Mr. Hanley

The information requested is as follows:

Country Defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP
1991 1992
Belgium 2.3 1.9
Canada 2.0 2.0
Denmark 2.1 1.9
France 3.5 3.4
Germany 2.3 2.2
Greece 5.5 5.5
Italy 2.1 2.0
Luxembourg 1.2 1.2
Netherlands 2.5 2.5
Norway 3.1 3.4
Portugal 3.1 2.9
Spain 1.7 1.7
Turkey 3.8 3.9
United Kingdom 4.3 4.1
United States 5.1 5.2

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