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South Asia: Defence Expenditure & Trade In Arms

 Country

 

Military Expenditure

 

 

Armed Forces Personnel

Arms Trade

% of GNI

% of  Central Government Expenditure

Total

(Thousand)

% of Labour Force

Export % of Total Exports

Import % of Total Imports

1992

1997

1992

1997

1992

1997

1992

1997

1992

1997

1992

1997

Bangladesh

1.3

1.4

11.2

10.7

107

110

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.7

India

2.5

2.8

12.4

14.3

1260

1260

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.3

2.9

1.0

Nepal

1.0

0.8

6.0

5.1

35

35

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Pakistan

7.4

5.7

27.9

24.2

580

610

1.4

1.3

0.4

0.0

6.7

5.2

Sri Lanka

3.8

5.1

13.6

21.2

110

110

1.5

1.4

0.0

0.0

0.3

1.5

Note: Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
Data Sources: The data on military expenditures, armed forces and arms trade are from the Bureau of Verification and Compliance, World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1998 (U.S. Department of State, 1999).
Report:  World Development Indicators :
The World Bank, Washington, 2001

             

 
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