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  • Expenditures: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • Expenditures > Per capita: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Expenditures per capita: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Revenues: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • Revenues > Per capita: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Revenues per capita: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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STAT North Korea South Korea HISTORY
Expenditures $3.30 billion
Ranked 1st. 		$260.10 billion
Ranked 18th. 79 times more than North Korea
Expenditures > Per capita $141.62 per capita
Ranked 134th. 		$4,603.95 per capita
Ranked 38th. 33 times more than North Korea
Expenditures per capita $136.86
Ranked 132nd. 		$5,409.84
Ranked 41st. 40 times more than North Korea
Revenues $3.20 billion
Ranked 122nd. 		$276.50 billion
Ranked 16th. 86 times more than North Korea
Revenues > Per capita $137.33 per capita
Ranked 132nd. 		$5,346.13 per capita
Ranked 40th. 39 times more than North Korea
Revenues per capita $132.71
Ranked 129th. 		$5,025.30
Ranked 39th. 38 times more than North Korea

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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