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Military spending in 2005 This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. Some of the information is from the United States' Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.[1] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/png)This bubble map shows the global distribution of military budgets in 2005 as a percentage of the top market (USA - $420,700,000,000). ...
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Note that for some countries, no information was available to the World Factbook's compilers; these countries were omitted from the list. Consequently, the total world expenditure on armed forces is likely to be much higher than that given.
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Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. See the notes below regarding the figures for the People's Republic of China. There are, however, other comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example, France includes in its defence expenditure the cost of maintaining the Gendarmerie, which is primarily used for what would be described in the United Kingdom, for example, as an internal police matter. Consequently, there is no corresponding expenditure made in the UK's defence budget. A gendarmerie or gendarmery (pronounced ) is a military body charged with police duties among civilian populations. ...
| Rank | Country | Military expenditures (USD) | Date of information | | — |
| World Total | 1,200,000,000,000 | 2007 (projected est.)[2] | | — |
| NATO Total | 849,875,309,000 | | | 1 |
| United States | 553,000,000,000 | 2007 | | — |
| EU Total | 300,745,000,000 | | | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 72,894,000,000 | 2007 | | 3 |
| France | 67.640,000,000 | 47.700.000 € 2007 | | 4 |
| Germany | 52,100,000,000 | 2007 | | 5 |
| Japan | 49,100,000,000 | 2007 | | 6 |
| People's Republic of China[3] | 45,000,000,000 | 2007 (official figures) | | 7 |
| Russia[4] | 32,400,000,000 | 2007 | | 8 |
| Italy | 32,093,537,000 | 2006 (est.) | | 9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 31,255,000,000 | 2007 | | 10 |
| South Korea | 26,050,000,000 | 2005 | | 11 |
| India | 21,330,000,000 | 2007 | | 12 |
| Australia[5] | 18,200,000,000 | 2007 | | 13 |
| Canada | 16,900,000,000 | 2007 | | 14 |
| Spain | 15,792,207,000 | 2006 | | 15 |
| Turkey | 10,936,000,000 | 2006 (est.) | | 16 |
| Netherlands | 10,800,000,000 | 2007 (est.) | | 17 |
| Brazil | 9,940,000,000 | 2005 | | 18 |
| Israel | 9,444,000,000 | 2005 | | 19 |
| Republic of China | 8,900,000,000 | 2007 | | 20 |
| Greece[6] | 7,648,561,000 | 2006 (est.) | | 21 |
| Poland[7] | 7,262,500,000 | 2007 | | 22 |
| Singapore | 7,053,000,000 | 2007 | | 23 |
| Sweden | 6,309,137,714 | 2007 | | 24 |
| Iran[8] | 6,300,000,000 | 2005 | | 25 |
| Mexico[9][10] | 6,070,000,000 | 2006 | | 26 |
| Chile[11] | 5,193,000,000 | 2007 | | 27 |
| North Korea | 5,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 28 |
| Pakistan | 4,800,000,000 | 2006 | | 29 |
| Argentina | 4,300,000,000 | NA | | 30 |
| Norway | 4,033,500,000 | 2003 | | 31 |
| Venezuela | 4,000,000,000 | 2007 | | 32 |
| Belgium | 3,999,000,000 | 2003 | | 33 |
| South Africa | 3,700,000,000 | 2007 | | 34 |
| Portugal | 3,497,800,000 | 2003 | | 35 |
| Colombia | 3,300,000,000 | NA | | 36 |
| Denmark | 3,271,600,000 | 2003 | | 37 |
| Kuwait | 3,007,000,000 | 2005 | | 38 |
| Algeria | 2,994,000,000 | 2005 | | 39 |
| Romania [12] | 2,900,000,000 | 2007 | | 40 |
| Finland | 2,800,000,000 | FY06 | | 41 |
| Switzerland | 2,548,000,000 | 2005 | | 42 |
| Egypt | 2,440,000,000 | 2003 | | 43 |
| Austria[13] | 2,334,900,000 | FY06 | | 44 |
| Morocco | 2,306,000,000 | 2005 | | 45 |
| Czech Republic | 2,170,000,000 | 2004 | | 46 |
| Angola | 2,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 47 |
| Thailand | 1,775,000,000 | NA | | 48 |
| Malaysia | 1,690,000,000 | NA | | 49 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,600,000,000 | NA | | 50 |
| Jordan | 1,392,000,000 | 2005 | | 51 |
| Hungary | 1,350,000,000 | 2007 | | 52 |
| Iraq | 1,333,000,000 | 2005 | | 53 |
| Indonesia | 1,300,000,000 | 2004 | | 54 |
| Libya | 1,300,000,000 | 2007 | | 55 |
| Ireland | 1,300,000,000 | 2007 | | 56 |
| New Zealand | 1,147,000,000 | 2005 | | 57 |
| Azerbaijan | 1,100,000,000 | 2007 | | 58 |
| Bangladesh | 1,008,000,000 | 2005 | | 59 |
| Yemen | 992,200,000 | 2005 | | 60 |
| Ecuador | 916,440,000 | 2007 | | 61 |
| Syria | 858,000,000 | 2005 | | 62 |
| Philippines | 836,900,000 | 2005 | | 63 |
| Peru | 829,300,000 | 2005 | | 64 |
| Croatia | 804,000,000 | 2007 | | 65 |
| Nigeria | 737,600,000 | 2005 | | 66 |
| Bulgaria | 730,000,000 | 2007 | | 67 |
| Qatar | 694,000,000 | 2005 | | 68 |
| Cuba | 694,000,000 | NA | | 69 |
| Vietnam | 650,000,000 | NA | | 70 |
| Bahrain | 627,700,000 | 2005 | | 71 |
| Ukraine | 617,900,000 | FY02 | | 72 |
| Sri Lanka | 606,200,000 | 2005 | | 73 |
| Sudan | 587,000,000 | 2004 | | 74 |
| Georgia | 567,200,000 | 2007 | | 75 |
| Lebanon | 540,600,000 | 2004 | | 76 |
| Lithuania | 490,800,000 | FY01 | | 77 |
| Belarus | 420,500,000 | 2006 | | 78 |
| Slovakia | 406,000,000 | 2002 | | 79 |
| Cyprus | 384,000,000 | NA | | 80 |
| Uruguay | 371,200,000 | 2005 | | 81 |
| Slovenia | 370,000,000 | 2007 | | 82 |
| Tunisia | 356,000,000 | NA | | 83 |
| Madagascar | 329,000,000 | 2005 | | 84 |
| Botswana | 325,500,000 | 2005 | | 85 |
| Armenia | 300,000,000 | 2007 | | 86 |
| Ethiopia | 295,900,000 | 2004 | | 87 |
| Brunei | 290,700,000 | 2004 | | 88 |
| Kenya | 280,500,000 | 2005 | | 89 |
| Estonia | 259,000,000 | FY06 | | 90 |
| Gabon | 253,500,000 | 2005 | | 91 |
| Oman | 252,990,000 | 2005 | | 92 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 246,600,000 | 2005 | | 93 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 234,300,000 | NA | | 94 |
| Luxembourg | 231,076,480 | 2003 | | 95 |
| Cameroon | 230,200,000 | 2005 | | 96 |
| Kazakhstan | 221,800,000 | FY02 | | 97 |
| Eritrea | 220,100,000 | 2005 | | 98 |
| Republic of Macedonia | 200,000,000 | NA | | 99 |
| Uzbekistan | 200,000,000 | NA | | 100 |
| Uganda | 192,800,000 | 2005 | | 101 |
| Dominican Republic | 180,000,000 | FY98 | | 102 |
| Guatemala | 169,800,000 | 2005 | | 103 |
| El Salvador | 161,700,000 | 2005 | | 104 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 152,200,000 | 2005 | | 105 |
| Panama | 150,000,000 | 2005 | | 106 |
| Namibia | 149,500,000 | 2005 | | 107 |
| Bolivia | 130,000,000 | 2005 | | 108 |
| Zimbabwe | 124,700,000 | 2005 | | 109 |
| Afghanistan | 122,400,000 | 2005 | | 110 |
| Zambia | 121,700,000 | 2005 | | 111 |
| Guinea | 119,700,000 | 2005 | | 112 |
| Senegal | 117,300,000 | 2005 | | 113 |
| Cambodia | 112,000,000 | NA | | 114 |
| Mali | 106,300,000 | 2005 | | 115 |
| Nepal | 104,900,000 | 2005 | | 116 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 103,700,000 | 2005 | | 117 |
| Benin | 100,900,000 | 2005 | | 118 |
| Honduras | 99,410,000 | 2005 | | 119 |
| Turkmenistan | 90,000,000 | NA | | 120 |
| Latvia | 87,000,000 | 2007 | | 121 |
| Congo, Republic of the | 85,220,000 | 2005 | | 122 |
| Ghana | 83,650,000 | 2005 | | 123 |
| Costa Rica | 83,460,000 | 2005 | | 124 |
| Mozambique | 78,030,000 | 2005 | | 125 |
| Burkina Faso | 74,830,000 | 2005 | | 126 |
| Chad | 68,950,000 | 2005 | | 127 |
| Liberia | 67,400,000 | 2005 | | 128 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 66,720,000 | 2003 | | 129 |
| Albania | 56,500,000 | FY02 | | 130 |
| Rwanda | 53,660,000 | 2005 | | 131 |
| Paraguay | 53,100,000 | 2003 | | 132 |
| Maldives | 45,070,000 | 2005 | | 133 |
| Niger | 44,780,000 | 2005 | | 134 |
| Malta | 44,640,000 | 2005 | | 135 |
| Burundi | 43,900,000 | 2005 | | 136 |
| Swaziland | 41,600,000 | 2005 | | 137 |
| Lesotho | 41,100,000 | 2005 | | 138 |
| Burma | 39,000,000 | NA | | 139 |
| Fiji | 36,000,000 | 2004 | | 140 |
| Tajikistan | 35,400,000 | FY01 | | 141 |
| Nicaragua | 32,270,000 | 2005 | | 142 |
| Jamaica | 31,170,000 | 2003 | | 143 |
| Togo | 29,980,000 | 2005 | | 144 |
| Djibouti | 29,050,000 | 2005 | | 145 |
| Haiti | 25,960,000 | 2003 | | 146 |
| Mongolia | 23,100,000 | FY02 | | 147 |
| Somalia | 22,340,000 | 2005 | | 148 |
| Tanzania | 21,200,000 | 2005 | | 149 |
| Mauritania | 19,320,000 | 2005 | | 150 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 19,200,000 | FY01 | | 151 |
| Belize | 19,000,000 | 2005 | | 152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16,900,000 | 2003 | | 153 |
| Central African Republic | 16,370,000 | 2005 | | 154 |
| Malawi | 15,810,000 | 2005 | | 155 |
| Seychelles | 14,850,000 | 2005 | | 156 |
| Sierra Leone | 14,250,000 | 2005 | | 157 |
| Comoros | 12,870,000 | 2005 | | 158 |
| Mauritius | 12,040,000 | 2005 | | 159 |
| Laos | 11,040,000 | 2005 | | 160 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9,455,000 | 2005 | | 161 |
| Moldova | 8,700,000 | 2004 | | 162 |
| Bhutan | 8,281,000 | 2005 | | 163 |
| Suriname | 7,494,000 | 2005 | | 164 |
| Cape Verde | 7,178,000 | 2005 | | 165 |
| Guyana | 6,479,000 | 2003 | | 166 |
| East Timor | 4,400,000 | FY03 | | 167 |
| Bermuda, UK overseas territory | 4,030,000 | 2001 | | 168 |
| Gambia, The | 1,547,000 | 2004 | | 169 |
| San Marino | 700,000 | 2005 | | 170 |
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures This is a list of the fifteen countries with the highest defense budgets for the year 2005. The information is the most up-to-date from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,[14] which is used to calculate defense spending by the British Ministry of Defence and many other government ministries in the European Union. Total World spending amounted to $1.0 trillion in 2005, with about half of the total amount spent by the United States. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) was founded in 1966 to commemorate 150 years of unbroken peace in Sweden. ...
| Rank | | Country | Military expenditures, USD | Date of information | | — | | World Total | 1,000,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 1 |
| United States | 478,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 52,300,000,000 | 2005 | | 3 |
| France | 46,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 4 |
| Japan | 42,100,000,000 | 2005 | | 5 |
| People's Republic of China | 41,000,000,000 | 2005 est. | | 6 |
| Germany | 33,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 7 |
| Italy | 27,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 25,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 9 |
| Russia | 21,000,000,000 | 2005 est. | | 10 |
| India | 20,400,000,000 | 2005 | | 11 |
| South Korea | 16,400,000,000 | 2005 | | 12 |
| Canada | 10,600,000,000 | 2005 | | 13 |
| Australia | 10,500,000,000 | 2005 | | 14 |
| Spain | 9,900,000,000 | 2005 | | 15 |
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List of Countries by Military Expenditure as a percentage of GDP Below is a list of countries ranked by order of military expenditure as a percentage of GDP. This statistic reflects the importance of military buildup and army modernization for all countries. It also indicated how much prioirty each country places in military expenditure. Militarism (military+-ism) is an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a societys security, and thereby claims to be its most important aspect. ...
The greater a country spends on its military as a percentage of its GDP, the less money it will have to spend on other crucial aspects such as infrastructure and education, and the more likely it will come under scrutiny from other countries. [15]
The trend is that developing countries, especially Middle Eastern countries with emerging markets due to their oil wealth, and countries in proximity of conflict zones seem to be spending the most as a percentage of their GDP to modernize their military and to try to catch up with Western countries, which spend less as a result of having built a strong modernized military over the past few decades. A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ...
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Notes The military budget of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is the portion of the overall budget of China that is allocated for the funding of the military of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
References - Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA
| Lists of countries with rankings | | Geography | Area · Coastline · Highest point · Lowest point · Compactness · Coast/area ratio · Northernmost point · Southernmost point · Continent A country is a geographical territory, both in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) and state (a political entity). ...
Countries by area This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. ...
Countries by highest point This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level. ...
This is a list of countries by lowest point on land above Sea Level. ...
This is a list of countries by compactness. ...
This is a list of countries by coast/area ratio. ...
This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. ...
This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. ...
This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. ...
| | Demographics | Population (graphical • by density) · Population growth rate · Life expectancy · Infant mortality rate · Fertility rate · Birth rate · Death rate · Homicide rate · Human Development Index · Income equality · Literacy rate · HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate · Unemployment rate · Employment rate · Population living in poverty · Immigrant population · Suicide rate · Undernourishment rate · Firearm-related death rate · Gun ownership Demographics refers to selected population characteristics as used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the demographic profiles used in such research. ...
This is a graphical list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. ...
Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. ...
[[Image:Population other political entities by population growth rate, with estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the CIA World Factbook. ...
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This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ...
Map of countries and territories by fertility rate Graph of Total Fertility Rates vs. ...
This is a list of countries by birth rate, based on The World Factbook, as at September 2005. ...
Death rate by country This is a list of countries and territories by death rate, based on The World Factbook, as of September 2006. ...
List of countries by homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants. ...
Coloured world map indicating Human Development Index (2006) (colour-blind compliant map) This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programmes Human Development Report 2006, compiled on the basis of 2004 data. ...
World map of the Gini coefficient This is a list of countries or dependencies by Income inequality metrics, sorted in ascending order according to their Gini coefficient. ...
World literacy rates by country, based on The World Factbook. ...
People living with HIV/AIDS by country The adult HIV prevalence at the end of 2004 This is a list of countries and territories by people living with HIV/AIDS and the prevalence rate among adults, based on data from various sources, such as the The CIA World Factbook [1...
Map of world unemployment rates based on CIA Factbook data This is a list of countries by unemployment rate. ...
This is a list of countries by employment rate (the proportion of working age adults employed). ...
Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population below national poverty line. ...
This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on United Nations (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[1][2], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. ...
The following is a List of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization in which a countrys rank is determined by its total rate of suicides. ...
Map of world undernourishment levels by country. ...
This is a list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in one year. ...
This is a list of countries by percentage of households owning firearms. ...
| | Economy | Current account balance · Foreign exchange reserves · Imports · Number of internet users · Number of telephone lines · Exports (per capita) · Debt (External, Public) · Consumption (Electricity, Natural gas, Electricity Intensity) · Production (Natural gas production by country, Natural gas proven reserves, Oil proven reserves, Automobile production, Steel production, Aluminium production) Blue = countries in surplus; Red = countries in deficit This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). Most data are 2006 estimates. ...
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006 Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. ...
This is a list of countries by number of internet users mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by number of telephone lines mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by exports per capita. ...
Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank Money supply Fiscal policy Spending Deficit Debt Trade policy Tariff Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate Personal Public Banking Regulation Government debt (also known as public debt or national debt) is...
Map of countries by external debt based on 2005 CIA factbook figures This is a list of countries by gross (i. ...
Map of countries by public debt This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of gross domestic product, based on The World Factbook. ...
In economics, consumption refers to the final use of goods and services to provide utility. ...
Countries by electricity consumption This is a list of countries by electricity consumption mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in March 2006. ...
This is a list of countries by natural gas consumption mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in June 2006. ...
The countries with the highest GDP has different ELectricity Intensity. ...
This is a list of countries by natural gas production mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007 . ...
This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by oil proven reserves mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by automobile production in 2006 mostly based on OICA accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by steel production in 2006 mostly based on International Iron and Steel Institute accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by aluminium production in 2006 mostly based on Altech accessed in September 2007. ...
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Sector composition · Demographics comparison Countries by nominal GDP. Source: IMF (2005) This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ...
Map of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita for the year 2006. ...
There are three lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) (the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year). ...
Map of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita for the year 2006. ...
This is a list of countries of the world sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (PPP converted) per hour. ...
Economic history is the study of economic change, and of economic phenomena in the past. ...
This is a list of the countries of the world in order of Gross domestic product (GDP), based on exchange rates, not on purchasing power parity. ...
These are lists of regions and countries sorted by their estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country/region in a given year. ...
Econometrics is concerned with the tasks of developing and applying quantitative or statistical methods to the study and elucidation of economic principles. ...
This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ...
The list below is of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ...
The list below is of countries of the world by their gross domestic product per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation per capita, within a given year. ...
World GDP/capita changed very little for most of human history before the industrial revolution. ...
This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (real) growth rate, the increase in value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year -- not taking into account Purchasing power parity and taking into account the inflation. ...
This is a list of countries by GDP (real) growth rate per capita. ...
Map of countries by agricultural output Map of countries by industrial output Map of countries by services output This is a list of countries by GDP sector composition based on nominal GDP estimates and sector composition ratios provided by the CIA World Fact Book at market or government official exchange...
This is a sortable list of countries, territories and other political entities by GDP and various growth rate. ...
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Society | Heads of state and government · Political rights and civil liberties · Press freedom · Privacy · Perception of corruption · Bribe paying · Property rights · Economic freedom · Globalization · Ease of doing business · Economic competitiveness · Date of independence · Legal drinking age · School leaving age · Abortion law · Homosexuality laws · Death penalty · Quality-of-life · E-readiness · Failed States index · Travel Freedom The Politics series Politics Portal This box: Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ...
For other uses, see Society (disambiguation). ...
This is a list of current heads of state and government, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. ...
Map reflecting the findings of Freedom Houses 2007 survey, concerning the state of world freedom in 2006, which is widely used by researchers and correlates highly with other measures of democracy[1]. Some of these estimates are disputed. ...
Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. ...
Privacy International (PI) has been instrumental in establishing the modern international privacy movement. ...
Overview of the index of perception of corruption, 2006 Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)[1] ordering the countries of the world according to the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.[2] The organization defines corruption as...
Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation appears to comply with demands for corrupt business practices. ...
International Property Rights Index is an organization that investigate and ranks the individuals rights and ability to own property in countries worldwide. ...
Globalization Index is a list of countries by A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine according to Globalization criteria. ...
World map of the Ease of Doing Business Index. ...
World map of the 2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of countries by date of statehood. ...
The legal drinking age is a limit assigned by governments to restrict the access of children and youth to alcoholic beverages. ...
The school leaving age states the minimum age which a person is legally allowed to leave compulsory education. ...
International status of abortion law Legal on demand Legal for rape, maternal life, health, mental health, socioecomic factors, and/or fetal defects Legal for or illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, fetal defects, and/or mental health Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, and/or mental...
World laws on homosexuality Legality of same-sex unions in the US. Legality of same-sex unions in Europe. ...
At one time capital punishment was used in almost every part of the globe, but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. ...
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality of life index is based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective life-satisfaction surveys to the objective determinants of quality of life across countries. ...
e-Readiness is the ability to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to develop ones economy and to foster ones welfare. ...
For Noam Chomskys 2006 book, see Failed States (book). ...
The Henley Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to travel freedom their citizens enjoy. ...
| | Military | Military expenditures · Number of active troops · Possession of nuclear weapons · UN peacekeepers currently deployed · Global Peace Index Number of active troops per country This is a list of countries sorted by the total number of active troops where the military manpower of a country is measured by the total amount of active troops within the command of that country. ...
This is a list of states with nuclear weapons, sometimes called the nuclear club. ...
UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
World map of the Global Peace Index The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. ...
| | Environment | Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) · Greenhouse gas emissions per capita · GDP per emissions · Sustainability · Happy Planet Index This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ...
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This is a list of countries ranked by greenhouse-gas emissions per capita in 2000. ...
This is a list of countries arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product (GDP (Nominal)) to carbon dioxide emissions. ...
The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a composite index tracking 21 elements of environmental sustainability covering natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management efforts, contributions to protection of the global commons, and a societys capacity to improve its environmental performance over time. ...
// The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact, introduced by the new economics foundation (nef), in July 2006. ...
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