Government expenditure equalled 38 percent of GDP.

In 2004 state spending for education amounted to 3.6 of GDP, or 13 of consolidated state budget.

But its defense spending has grown almost twice as fast as its GDP.

Expenditure on education accounts for only approximately 10 of GDP, and most schools are subsidized by the state.

Between 2001 and 2005, current non interest expenditure rose by 2 of GDP, revenues fell by 0.5 of GDP, and the general government deficit rose by 1 of GDP.

Progressive economists love the French government for spending a staggering 57 of GDP, compared to government expenditures of 44 of GDP for Germany.

But expenditure was cut by five percentage points of GDP during the next five years.

In 2002, Mexico devoted 5.8 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to health care.

State expenditures in 2004 2007 (percentage of GDP)

Of course, because the US economy has grown faster than military spending, the share of GDP dedicated to military expenditures has fallen over the years.

In 1997 health expenditure amounted to 5.5 per cent of GDP, with private expenditure accounting for 54.7 per cent of the total and public expenditure 45.3 per cent.

It slashed public expenditure and capped spending at 35 of GDP the same level as in the United States.

State finances are generally in good shape, with public debt at just 11 of GDP.

The Inter Academy Council recommends that developing countries increase their R D expenditure to at least 1 per cent of GDP.

The IMF estimates that these cyclical effects on revenue and outlays have raised the overall deficit by nearly 5 of Greek GDP.

Figure 2.10 Household expenditure and government expenditure as a percentage of GDP

Japan armed itself only lightly (restricting military expenditures to about 1 of GNP), and focused on economic growth.

For example, measurements of GDP currently neglect the costs of natural resource replacement, pollution, and the destruction of biodiversity.

The average annual cost of the 58 NPAs analysed is 2 per cent of their weighted average GNP.

Before the euro, it is estimated that these transaction costs amounted to roughly 1 of GDP in the European Union.

The government has pledged in its National Common Minimum Program to raise public expenditure on education to 6 of GDP.

In Croatia, with the highest GDP per capita, expenditure on food represents 33 while in Tajikistan, at the other extreme, food accounts for 64 of household expenditure.

In the US, government consumes about 30 of GDP.

In the US, the annual supplementary federal expenditure has amounted to only about 1 of GDP in recent years.

In 2003, general government expenditure amounted to 48.5 of GDP, above the eurozone average.

This factor could slow down the economic recovery, given that household spending represents a sizeable contribution to GDP.

One of the determining factors of health expenditure is the level of gross domestic product (GDP) and the share of health expenditure in GDP.

GDP per resident 1989

Meanwhile, Sweden and South Korea are now excelling economically on the basis of R amp D spending of around 3.5 of GDP, while Israel s R amp D outlays stand at a remarkable 4.7 of GDP.

Although Russia s GDP is no bigger than that of Belgium and the Netherlands combined, and its military spending is a fraction of the EU s, the Kremlin has consistently managed to get the better of the Union.

Now public spending is on the increase again, and record peacetime deficits of 10 or more of GDP stretch ahead for years.

As late as 1960, both total government spending (as a share of GDP) and the distribution of earnings were similar to those prevailing in the United States.

As the World Bank observed, Western European governments spend about 10 of GDP more than the United States, Canada, and Japan.

Mobility costs are intended to cover costs of stay and travel costs.

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Particularly for those countries that have adopted the euro, government spending on the arts will be constrained for some time by the requirement that fiscal deficits be kept to 3 of GDP.

This is the GDP per capita.

b Charter costs include fuel costs.

Consumer spending in China now accounts for just 36 of GDP, about half the consumption share of GDP in the United States and Western Europe.

Since 2001, China s R amp D expenditure has been growing by 18 annually and has more than doubled as a share of GDP.

China out perfomed India in terms of GDP growth by an average of about 2.2 percent every year in terms of per capita GDP.

Civilian staff and related costs for the period from

Civilian staff and related costs for the period

Today, the South s GDP is 40 times larger than that of the North.

Firstly, China succeeded in lowering its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 1.79 , 4.04 and 4.59 respectively for 2006, 2007, and 2008, which strongly suggests the prospect of meeting the 20 objective by 2010.