§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what(a) percentage of public expenditure and (b) proportion of Gross National Product each member country of NATO spent on defence in the last five years. [2391]
§ Dr. John ReidMy Department does not routinely collect information on defence expenditure by our NATO allies as a proportion of total public expenditure.
The percentage of Gross Domestic Product spent on defence by each NATO member in each of the last five years is given below.
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Per cent. Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Greece 5.5 5.4 5.6 4.6 4.6 Turkey 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.4 United States 5.2 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.7 United Kingdom 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.0 France 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.0 Portugal 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.7 Norway 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.5 Netherlands 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 Italy 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 Denmark 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 Germany 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 Belgium 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6
Per cent. Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Canada 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 Spain 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 Luxembourg 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 Iceland, although a member of NATO, has no armed forces.