List of countries with highest military expenditure per capita

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This is a list of countries by military expenditure per capita, the amount spent by a nation on its military per capita in a given year. This list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for the year 2020.

Contents

As of 2021, the top five per capita spenders are Qatar (~$3955), Israel (~$2770), United States (~$2405), Kuwait (~$2085) and Singapore (~$1885). All five countries have increased their spending since the previous year (2020).

The UAE, for which recent data is not available, has also spent historically large amounts of money on the military on a per capita basis. The UAE had a per capita spending of $2470 per person back in 2014, making it the second highest spender in that year just after Saudi Arabia, [1] but by 2020 that number had fallen to $2204. [2]

Military expenditure per capita spending

SIPRI's estimate of the top 10 countries by per capita military expenditure, US dollars per person (2023). [3]
Country name$/capAccuracy
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2997,1Precise
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2694,2Precise
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2194,6Precise
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2051,9Estimate
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1799,3Precise
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1762,2Estimate
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1583,6Precise
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1377,9Precise
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1325,2Precise
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1260,1Estimate

In the table below, numbers are in USD. "DNE" means the country did not exist at the time or was not independent, and "" means that the data are unavailable.

2019 SIPRI estimates [4]
Country19881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Algeria42.134.035.121.439.046.247.342.949.658.963.359.660.666.565.968.485.788.292.0115.5148.9149.4157.6236.0249.5266.4249.8262.1252.0243.4226.9239.3
Libya244.6277.8218.6202.6150.681.896.3120.0119.2104.4107.0181.6475.3627.3590.3
Morocco38.440.743.145.547.847.951.453.352.850.551.442.429.850.550.161.164.366.769.377.393.495.797.7102.0102.4120.6118.494.394.797.3102.6102.0
Tunisia29.629.030.130.933.631.433.137.642.938.138.537.134.234.335.041.044.446.448.747.655.653.753.766.662.869.382.187.687.475.173.085.6
Angola132.8170.1147.884.262.7135.716.811.130.711.167.235.623.925.037.043.670.297.897.2145.8147.1149.9150.3165.1234.1254.1129.495.8102.764.446.2
Benin7.95.96.62.72.11.93.64.65.45.65.77.48.08.69.08.67.310.47.95.8
Botswana78.182.6121.4129.9130.5132.7118.8112.993.4104.2114.9105.3112.4125.6131.1173.6177.9157.8148.7163.4173.5169.0175.5180.3160.3148.6165.8180.9238.2236.9221.0223.9
Burkina Faso6.87.89.67.77.66.33.13.73.63.63.63.73.23.13.54.05.05.55.37.68.08.47.98.68.99.710.18.28.010.015.517.6
Burundi6.67.17.37.76.96.37.17.08.410.19.58.16.68.26.76.36.36.75.95.95.46.46.46.36.56.35.95.95.6
Cameroon13.912.915.314.714.713.17.18.48.48.39.39.67.97.88.911.212.812.614.115.818.017.317.416.616.517.817.715.216.216.617.016.3
Cape Verde15.610.07.59.116.110.810.110.911.915.910.610.212.914.115.314.916.722.417.316.719.619.319.219.417.019.117.419.717.7
Central African Rep.7.57.86.33.44.03.72.83.93.83.84.67.48.311.86.06.56.8
Chad13.99.85.85.66.03.32.93.42.22.12.62.63.03.84.45.25.521.336.054.763.951.549.354.928.715.721.314.616.414.7
Congo, Republic of50.442.816.921.427.535.427.933.843.451.851.179.4148.8100.772.855.755.7
Congo, Dem. Rep.6.62.01.31.22.312.12.11.90.63.32.81.52.63.03.63.52.62.02.83.64.85.24.66.45.03.63.54.1
Côte d’Ivoire11.511.312.111.712.211.26.17.06.212.114.013.614.316.918.820.918.917.018.919.523.024.525.320.524.220.8
Djibouti58.755.152.752.454.750.249.347.038.140.239.238.336.335.544.555.048.457.362.342.944.4
Equatorial Guinea5.06.9238.9340.1412.5148.4114.6107.9114.2
EritreaDNE48.136.256.769.342.3119.2122.0100.670.160.869.8
Ethiopia13.716.916.410.75.03.12.72.12.13.77.310.99.35.14.13.94.24.54.44.54.74.03.53.74.03.64.24.44.74.74.74.9
Gabon74.371.673.582.192.484.991.1165.5157.9159.0155.3110.587.5101.0129.5123.3122.8
Gambia2.53.03.64.03.42.42.12.63.43.53.32.82.51.81.61.41.31.91.82.810.24.15.95.37.26.85.06.2
Ghana1.61.61.92.72.72.52.32.92.52.53.13.22.61.61.82.62.62.93.45.54.84.94.99.213.09.69.36.85.76.57.37.7
Guinea11.08.36.46.55.85.76.95.610.411.49.69.115.918.117.719.413.815.115.915.3
Guinea-Bissau4.61.92.01.71.62.57.95.05.15.89.09.311.311.215.313.212.79.88.810.4
Kenya11.310.010.47.86.24.04.45.46.06.05.74.95.25.96.37.17.38.610.012.814.614.114.815.018.918.917.517.619.020.221.721.8
Lesotho10.413.614.212.813.612.213.918.114.714.613.916.915.011.59.613.615.616.817.720.013.823.835.429.026.423.623.321.420.025.124.221.1
Liberia1.02.51.21.01.11.92.23.33.73.63.33.33.22.82.83.4
Madagascar3.02.73.32.91.93.02.12.03.63.73.42.93.04.03.44.23.12.92.94.25.23.52.73.33.13.13.02.42.42.62.82.8
Malawi2.32.52.62.52.62.61.81.12.02.61.41.31.11.11.31.11.83.02.42.53.24.23.43.53.04.03.02.42.12.73.23.7
Mali5.95.66.24.93.24.24.04.04.04.14.04.04.25.66.36.87.38.110.19.99.810.49.39.412.917.720.224.925.324.1
Mauritania22.319.619.818.918.413.713.113.816.017.110.312.514.419.213.121.922.026.337.433.838.437.836.832.932.733.636.135.9
Mauritius4.56.18.79.810.69.810.611.911.48.57.37.77.97.57.99.09.08.98.89.412.612.311.914.013.318.515.713.617.417.918.217.8
Mozambique5.06.26.55.44.34.14.92.22.32.62.93.33.12.82.93.13.93.02.73.23.83.74.24.95.66.26.65.04.04.55.74.5
NamibiaDNE98.182.145.135.841.940.049.345.660.051.553.147.568.987.599.1101.2113.7130.3143.9187.1205.7187.8174.6236.4223.9180.4189.8186.1164.5
Niger1.91.91.81.72.12.21.82.11.71.92.42.43.53.34.14.98.45.77.68.09.310.27.4
Nigeria3.01.82.92.51.72.83.05.96.37.29.94.13.04.67.04.54.74.95.46.610.89.712.614.613.914.113.411.49.38.510.49.3
Rwanda5.25.713.114.913.214.36.89.712.212.012.510.87.76.96.15.34.75.16.06.07.17.77.47.37.67.68.29.19.29.79.79.6
Senegal14.913.615.714.213.714.67.89.39.07.88.08.26.46.97.29.29.911.213.116.518.117.415.417.714.717.216.914.720.319.824.321.4
Seychelles173.7186.0210.3231.8282.1174.8157.6151.2135.9145.5133.3138.8127.5134.3139.2142.6182.3166.1160.5168.5123.095.378.494.8107.2147.4328.1190.6229.0223.2233.1243.3
Sierra Leone2.23.42.95.36.15.46.15.84.32.25.16.35.55.54.24.24.84.93.94.23.93.94.44.67.05.55.15.33.93.3
Somalia2.04.53.43.44.25.25.1
South Africa121.5116.4118.6102.795.182.185.879.561.456.243.639.242.139.538.355.165.574.572.371.866.071.281.888.385.076.771.463.056.463.863.559.2
South SudanDNE69.770.7102.666.768.5107.197.794.8123.3107.512.56.613.67.8
Sudan19.658.565.48.511.59.75.84.33.810.016.121.513.916.913.541.137.652.075.097.694.158.669.0107.425.116.9
Eswatini11.310.917.318.924.226.728.431.028.026.626.326.024.319.418.031.241.657.756.559.363.571.895.899.584.079.274.366.672.378.079.975.8
Tanzania5.34.33.54.23.62.12.02.93.33.84.23.94.04.44.03.43.43.63.74.14.65.16.46.77.69.110.210.010.311.212.413.8
Togo12.011.413.411.912.412.46.27.35.45.85.99.48.88.98.99.310.411.69.610.911.513.221.1
Uganda8.78.36.24.12.83.35.36.26.46.46.97.06.05.65.65.97.37.87.68.610.29.318.818.110.28.48.88.08.08.49.614.6
Zambia11.421.417.310.511.65.97.16.14.14.55.58.511.816.918.621.616.720.622.023.925.528.823.518.320.221.816.4
Zimbabwe41.340.239.935.227.222.522.023.025.326.726.022.329.124.056.616.321.310.913.37.715.424.326.727.127.325.523.929.137.3
Belize23.725.424.827.231.039.238.937.342.428.829.229.831.734.337.742.246.061.054.947.646.745.051.456.454.658.961.160.559.7
Costa Rica0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cuba26.45.57.06.87.47.98.28.48.311.310.611.110.510.910.811.3
Dominican Rep.6.97.66.74.78.512.713.110.813.518.619.421.029.135.631.117.617.029.928.129.435.333.536.635.539.938.243.044.546.150.755.957.3
El Salvador34.941.031.127.224.821.219.719.819.519.519.119.618.725.427.121.121.222.023.427.128.230.832.535.536.037.937.239.239.040.845.949.5
Guatemala16.616.814.312.615.814.515.015.213.312.112.610.913.516.513.014.39.08.09.79.911.910.311.613.214.716.015.415.517.516.315.819.6
Haiti0.30.30.40.40.20.20.20.30.00.00.0
Honduras28.228.713.59.37.58.09.39.211.68.38.49.912.316.619.220.523.624.633.535.139.139.242.340.241.5
Jamaica12.917.016.013.119.217.913.613.916.321.218.317.116.417.321.120.220.021.726.430.247.041.141.147.348.444.942.242.847.449.171.485.6
Mexico12.214.014.417.121.024.029.217.020.223.123.627.230.732.231.228.727.329.528.238.739.140.142.047.548.754.556.244.943.340.646.351.2
Nicaragua273.715.910.89.07.87.56.76.35.35.46.15.56.76.76.16.36.87.17.57.37.68.711.712.313.315.913.513.612.612.6
Panama43.442.129.631.230.636.237.635.336.241.335.737.60.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Trinidad & Tobago18.219.411.015.326.358.875.488.795.3105.8104.9107.7109.3125.5156.0138.6147.5157.0145.8116.6119.3
Canada369.2395.4414.5406.6382.3359.7331.8314.7292.5267.1258.1271.0271.3271.2272.5316.3356.3403.8455.2528.9580.2561.1565.7619.4585.7524.6500.6497.9488.8606.3613.1593.3
United States1251.81288.91289.61176.11264.81220.31174.81115.71073.11079.01057.51070.21136.21165.81317.41520.01686.31807.51875.11961.32164.02304.62388.32414.42309.22146.72032.81975.31980.91989.52086.52223.7
Argentina85.144.862.986.497.199.2109.1109.295.993.794.294.988.685.429.636.138.143.747.057.969.673.785.098.1109.3121.8116.8127.3103.6124.386.670.2
Bolivia14.115.120.020.519.815.018.018.518.922.728.221.420.621.518.419.518.618.319.123.233.735.032.639.548.253.558.552.950.151.354.552.0
Brazil40.959.962.044.132.445.366.488.485.583.384.657.364.961.753.846.253.273.087.2107.7127.3132.3173.7187.0170.5163.5161.1120.4117.5140.9134.5127.7
Chile77.875.777.776.985.292.6103.5127.1130.5143.4141.0134.7137.1122.0113.5130.5167.8191.6235.7243.3277.8231.1286.8330.0314.1314.7287.3257.7263.4290.7296.1273.4
Colombia27.126.726.927.032.043.656.171.9116.579.288.483.376.481.181.979.096.4115.2123.3154.9204.5201.9230.5225.7254.1268.9252.2192.1180.1204.8204.1200.3
Ecuador20.318.919.720.019.725.226.041.535.841.845.023.821.029.738.455.352.269.067.691.6113.2131.9139.5161.0167.4174.2174.7160.2152.4146.7149.2142.0
Guyana14.78.14.82.74.85.97.27.57.316.919.322.421.929.724.825.733.540.941.541.543.144.446.351.560.566.876.879.986.7
Paraguay44.623.926.645.638.134.734.543.341.333.627.322.320.716.812.611.314.713.318.022.127.727.332.745.050.057.060.457.850.650.755.657.2
Peru34.839.935.231.039.440.946.658.256.446.844.538.034.533.731.032.633.443.245.947.052.664.275.180.596.9111.0106.9108.782.084.882.883.8
Uruguay84.796.4105.685.8116.3131.8140.7162.5177.3175.9174.2173.6167.5157.3103.581.184.1104.6118.1124.9170.0172.3224.9244.8273.6308.3304.2284.3288.6339.2368.5331.1
Venezuela58.662.437.649.048.361.343.854.732.867.562.359.373.977.642.738.755.7100.8135.2159.7204.8144.7140.3123.8174.2208.251.810.77.315.8
KazakhstanDNE6.711.215.515.416.09.69.614.916.421.028.038.451.086.697.179.392.4109.4130.0149.8133.3116.471.876.985.895.2
KyrgyzstanDNE2.75.96.16.65.54.85.24.55.26.57.47.89.29.811.612.614.215.719.120.821.919.619.019.620.219.3
TajikistanDNE0.24.22.51.02.33.23.82.51.72.04.05.36.87.36.57.19.39.712.611.3
TurkmenistanDNE19.332.211.324.419.825.1
UzbekistanDNE3.94.97.49.210.24.72.41.82.1
China9.88.68.310.310.38.210.211.612.813.816.417.821.524.626.730.534.541.350.563.877.684.5100.2113.7129.2143.5152.4153.0160.8177.6182.1
Japan228.3225.4231.3262.4287.2329.0359.3395.4347.8320.2297.7338.7356.9319.1307.6331.8353.7345.2323.6315.4360.7400.3425.2472.9467.3382.1366.0329.0363.7356.0366.5375.3
Korea, North37.862.8
Korea, South183.7222.8235.6252.6264.9279.2301.6355.1358.7321.4224.3257.3291.3271.3293.8328.4367.7455.0515.1565.4530.1498.0568.7622.5638.3681.5742.0719.6723.5766.6841.7856.8
Mongolia50.014.76.27.29.39.38.08.57.610.19.610.39.911.111.815.321.825.414.120.231.540.235.935.833.931.528.130.330.9
Taiwan354.8401.8424.9449.9482.6553.7563.6537.1547.5524.1425.0438.2400.6361.0338.3333.3347.1352.8335.0355.8389.3394.8392.1429.7449.6425.4417.3416.1409.2442.7442.7438.3
Afghanistan5.14.85.08.18.78.910.210.87.76.78.05.85.35.35.36.0
Bangladesh3.43.83.63.64.04.34.95.45.45.75.75.95.85.45.15.35.65.65.96.77.18.611.012.112.113.415.218.020.520.522.926.7
India13.512.412.19.78.98.99.410.110.111.511.713.413.513.613.514.717.920.120.623.927.531.837.339.737.337.039.339.242.848.249.052.1
Nepal2.02.02.01.81.91.81.91.81.81.91.82.02.12.73.54.15.16.26.06.47.07.89.410.59.510.412.212.013.115.815.315.0
Pakistan26.824.726.127.729.728.327.629.627.925.323.922.220.919.521.924.326.428.630.331.830.430.133.337.939.940.044.347.649.055.154.347.4
Sri Lanka9.87.310.815.818.419.824.241.941.837.839.533.843.835.730.028.231.933.040.253.275.675.675.685.971.877.592.198.482.888.379.278.2
Brunei729.9740.2893.5922.0919.0830.5904.7961.71077.91183.1921.2792.2733.0640.1652.2688.9554.7680.9792.5861.8954.1911.11005.41055.11030.71019.01288.01022.0960.9816.8833.9957.1
Cambodia3.24.76.54.510.411.610.39.27.27.46.75.75.25.35.35.35.65.86.09.711.713.214.716.218.221.024.229.033.436.6
Indonesia7.87.98.99.210.110.111.512.614.415.94.75.45.34.36.39.710.99.511.414.413.713.819.323.826.333.327.229.428.333.228.228.3
Laos22.723.324.521.415.813.36.52.92.62.32.12.02.02.12.32.52.72.32.53.03.23.5
Malaysia50.358.162.484.993.098.7106.1119.3115.296.952.473.466.181.692.4116.7112.1121.5124.7148.6162.0143.0136.6163.8155.1166.8164.7149.7135.9112.4110.1118.0
Myanmar128.8150.5193.3200.4230.6502.4614.7673.2
Philippines15.815.815.414.416.617.620.424.426.321.616.417.616.714.114.715.714.715.918.322.525.022.925.928.329.834.230.932.732.138.926.732.1
Singapore419.7480.2598.0652.3728.9750.6818.91041.61127.01187.91156.81136.11074.91056.91103.21144.01207.41280.91324.41423.71560.91517.71580.31695.11708.21713.61736.71678.01746.41783.21881.91931.5
Thailand33.034.839.145.451.254.161.364.765.553.734.333.029.927.128.329.328.730.337.153.267.171.873.981.781.086.683.783.385.291.399.0105.1
Timor-LesteDNE8.316.822.922.434.024.118.429.527.525.230.921.520.516.326.6
Viet Nam20.16.97.56.24.74.15.910.211.012.215.220.924.827.630.430.2
Australia354.7376.9395.3408.6395.5382.5419.1426.0451.0431.7382.4413.6383.0366.9409.6505.8603.4656.0693.7821.7873.5871.71048.01180.11144.61067.51092.71004.81087.41126.41078.01028.1
Fiji34.140.141.944.241.042.444.044.741.939.128.229.539.540.337.945.757.252.565.390.463.460.158.670.468.567.186.349.162.485.894.193.8
New Zealand288.6285.5311.3287.0248.5243.2270.3312.0333.1314.7256.2254.1222.4203.9218.5281.7315.0336.1349.7404.9388.3375.4441.8470.8468.8472.3497.9421.2449.3495.1532.3611.9
Papua New Guinea10.511.814.911.112.113.916.410.914.814.68.96.25.74.22.83.13.84.74.75.85.67.36.38.614.513.514.112.39.69.69.39.2
Albania9.712.315.816.414.89.610.813.714.517.018.824.432.535.746.064.285.161.563.167.362.962.061.545.845.350.161.068.6
Bosnia-HerzegovinaDNE64.153.853.246.047.451.862.164.959.357.954.755.854.747.346.646.651.855.5
Bulgaria232.889.926.529.533.028.637.125.829.839.444.343.951.258.072.980.286.993.8130.7154.4121.1112.1102.798.5111.3103.287.993.8101.4136.3303.9
CroatiaDNE165.2248.8348.9446.3423.8396.5317.7232.5149.0142.8166.9161.6166.7182.5194.3224.4297.7260.1234.7256.5222.4223.8249.9208.6198.8220.1232.5244.3
CzechiaDNE78.790.6102.9108.695.6113.0117.0112.5115.1145.8184.2199.4237.8237.9261.4280.0259.2237.1234.2209.9203.0191.0167.9184.1195.3254.1272.3
Czechoslovakia149DNE
EstoniaDNE8.817.325.429.237.642.652.656.067.488.3124.9150.3150.9175.1276.7320.6264.5249.4293.2330.2363.4389.1352.4378.0407.3458.6494.9
German DRDNE
Hungary98.578.181.769.778.471.073.159.256.667.560.268.670.082.9106.1138.2151.5158.2140.2177.2186.9148.2136.1148.8134.0130.2123.4115.8132.1150.4184.6196.6
KosovoDNE0.515.521.728.524.026.729.430.027.329.832.733.7
LatviaDNE6.913.317.415.415.517.423.529.436.963.182.0100.6121.0165.3219.1267.9169.6122.6141.8123.6138.7146.3141.5204.9247.3375.2372.3
LithuaniaDNE5.75.88.411.721.138.930.240.148.052.761.780.190.8106.4135.6168.5127.8104.5111.8107.9117.9143.7160.7219.9285.4377.1392.7
MontenegroDNE98.7100.9103.6137.0123.1120.3126.9108.2103.5107.890.798.4104.7125.7142.2
North MacedoniaDNE65.741.639.332.734.3110.851.956.465.861.661.178.783.576.762.863.957.660.959.848.149.848.457.472.6
Poland47.339.540.645.249.355.458.770.780.182.890.583.781.694.298.1108.0124.4153.7172.6223.9243.7206.1229.3247.0235.1243.1271.6268.5241.2260.1317.5314.2
Romania107.9109.674.058.735.631.140.542.838.347.555.842.842.344.848.357.670.992.3106.0124.0144.0107.8101.9117.0104.0121.8134.3129.5133.6184.3223.5255.4
SerbiaDNE93.466.377.035.552.572.678.680.068.577.1106.8122.7108.097.0110.195.5103.1102.681.680.290.892.9130.4
SlovakiaDNE49.955.9117.1119.192.773.760.663.473.081.5115.7131.7152.5168.8211.0261.5250.0210.5196.9188.4178.5183.8181.4184.3192.6237.7341.8
SloveniaDNE140.3115.1119.3168.1165.9146.3151.5138.3111.9136.6164.5209.7247.8257.7304.0344.2410.0392.8377.9324.5264.1245.6235.2193.5216.6228.2254.8273.6
YugoslaviaDNE
ArmeniaDNE2.916.216.520.421.522.122.221.721.125.432.747.263.695.5136.2124.5137.3135.9131.9153.4157.2152.9146.9150.6206.3227.6
AzerbaijanDNE1.510.25.78.59.111.613.414.914.716.116.921.127.035.783.1108.5182.3165.0163.5336.8350.4358.8360.5301.4143.5155.3168.1184.5
BelarusDNE17.818.224.922.816.714.218.121.023.932.747.366.478.893.471.681.580.386.8103.1107.276.763.266.875.782.5
GeorgiaDNE14.09.39.05.84.35.58.010.116.750.896.5223.6263.2146.5110.8114.9121.1109.1103.074.478.577.981.879.1
MoldovaDNE3.13.64.12.51.41.21.41.72.02.32.94.05.59.06.14.55.65.96.66.85.76.77.69.211.0
Russia867.4766.7763.152.391.386.0106.9119.054.044.063.080.196.0117.4145.4190.3240.7303.9392.2359.5409.3488.8565.8612.2585.5458.1476.6457.1421.2446.3
UkraineDNE2.413.415.320.028.918.312.614.315.318.223.228.035.844.861.772.850.556.554.962.463.966.465.965.873.094.2118.9
Austria223.8211.2255.4256.5273.3268.0280.3320.1306.6269.5268.6263.9238.6220.9231.3291.3326.1325.5318.7421.0449.2398.3382.7403.4374.9377.4383.6307.1329.9355.8381.0361.6
Belgium411.4388.8464.1460.6409.9370.2388.4436.8415.5360.3357.9350.9310.3294.2303.6372.0406.7400.9405.7482.7584.1517.6479.5499.3466.3471.9462.7372.3374.8388.1421.6417.5
Cyprus331.1326.2536.7534.3787.1327.7356.5349.4513.0599.4532.3313.1298.1341.2248.2290.3335.0370.6370.8380.9419.6429.2429.2426.5365.2336.5310.5282.4252.4304.4374.3335.1
Denmark453.0425.6515.4518.3548.7516.7521.7595.9587.3531.4537.0523.3447.9471.3501.4593.9662.4639.7715.7763.4870.9784.8810.7809.4788.2747.9716.2591.4629.1656.6792.5789.5
Finland343.5354.9428.6438.5411.5318.5344.6372.9393.6377.9379.5319.5300.3284.4309.1473.5551.9570.3592.8622.3744.1737.6692.8760.6728.2765.1729.8620.2621.2622.5680.3717.8
France540.3525.9631.3630.2663.2623.6647.5694.2671.9596.0575.5556.6481.3470.7511.3640.1733.5727.1744.5819.2890.0902.4827.7856.0790.0813.9827.7708.2732.5758.7791.0769.5
Germany428.7408.6512.0475.5502.0442.6429.9485.2458.6390.3389.5383.2330.8322.0344.1410.8445.3446.0447.2505.9573.1570.1554.9578.4549.2552.7542.9452.6483.3512.5559.5590.0
Greece272.2252.1312.3305.1347.7319.4337.0389.0425.9419.3439.8454.5411.9397.7423.4448.8557.9626.2680.1767.3957.8971.0749.8658.3548.6526.5516.9452.0467.6481.4547.1522.4
Iceland0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Ireland129.1123.7169.2177.7191.0168.5177.6195.4207.5209.6201.3198.7183.6199.8207.6242.5271.5276.5281.4317.3358.5315.0279.8283.2251.2259.1257.8214.3213.3215.7229.8227.9
Italy305.2309.9363.5378.1388.1318.9315.7300.6364.4354.2367.0371.0350.6343.2377.9466.0522.2510.2506.2544.4625.2576.2539.8567.7497.3497.9458.6366.2412.7435.9458.7442.5
Luxembourg229.9201.1253.3278.9314.8272.4313.1348.5341.8319.2336.1326.4293.9364.1345.7444.1519.4532.4530.8602.3487.7449.0539.8494.8447.4476.7503.2487.3450.1604.3650.8696.4
Malta62.959.458.459.672.666.474.682.687.681.275.171.664.468.471.285.1100.6129.7109.4120.8136.8143.6141.8133.8118.4126.2131.4119.5136.8146.7152.2189.9
Netherlands455.4430.4495.9481.0521.2462.1464.4517.9503.0436.9434.2443.7375.0387.1417.6515.8575.7584.5621.5695.5746.9729.7672.6695.9617.2607.1611.7511.7536.8562.9651.5705.4
Norway688.2693.9799.3770.0886.1735.6783.9803.3805.1735.9747.6739.6649.5655.7894.4988.51062.91054.51072.51244.91335.31283.61330.11461.61424.91455.21426.81118.41142.21220.81323.91302.0
Portugal136.2147.3189.5213.3254.5219.3216.4264.6256.6234.8228.7234.7214.1224.8250.6298.2355.2384.4385.7413.0454.2466.8445.3464.0393.0451.1394.6343.9400.3357.3431.0441.3
Spain228.0237.8298.3297.2310.8254.0254.5287.5283.0246.4257.0274.7251.7247.4245.0302.4352.4363.4385.7441.7482.5433.2420.0418.3400.8367.4367.2325.4300.5343.9381.7367.5
Sweden581.0591.1720.1721.1738.9572.9585.9648.4700.2586.7578.6580.3539.3463.9488.1592.7613.4610.5613.1697.0652.3543.6626.8668.1654.3678.8676.4551.7551.8558.0574.9589.9
Switzerland500.1467.2609.7597.8609.2525.7562.0664.0602.4494.9492.7442.3392.0385.0399.2449.9478.4471.7446.4467.7537.7525.7527.0629.0573.4620.7562.1544.9545.5547.4546.0602.8
UK603.8588.0681.6734.4709.8591.7597.2591.2593.5611.8630.1620.8598.3597.6668.5788.1901.4914.8945.11073.71055.9921.8915.3941.4906.6875.0904.6817.8725.8695.9743.1720.4
Bahrain445.9453.3482.7516.5533.9520.8517.8537.9556.1540.9537.4572.4540.2533.8604.2662.6641.0577.3599.1620.3645.9698.9679.2808.6909.41024.81104.21051.11055.91025.9973.4856.0
Egypt83.464.240.323.424.125.528.131.333.334.935.836.338.240.440.632.731.935.238.442.347.549.553.352.852.749.356.259.247.828.731.737.3
Iran355.9297.4292.3304.3335.724.228.140.757.073.585.7102.6126.9156.248.254.676.097.4124.0130.8153.7172.6183.9191.3218.3156.9127.8134.9154.1172.7137.3152.2
Iraq23.341.645.071.3109.8111.7126.2139.3129.9234.6201.2270.0163.1197.5164.4193.3
Israel1650.11280.91467.72034.71538.71572.81522.31507.41566.91541.51420.51313.81400.51403.21293.71310.11345.31366.41394.41662.31966.11773.91888.72025.21917.42110.62267.62070.22156.62357.42357.52402.2
Jordan180.5112.690.4115.292.593.192.565.388.291.6100.4101.8103.3101.498.1112.6105.1104.7117.1165.1207.2227.5214.5208.1182.1169.6173.7174.3185.2198.2196.5201.2
Kuwait837.5992.24276.96362.63302.61681.21986.42299.31992.41435.01246.31171.51318.81276.91320.31448.31567.91545.91515.71643.61668.01492.01449.01702.51774.21615.81580.11495.21629.31667.81763.51832.6
Lebanon14.676.578.5143.9139.5187.3211.5203.7185.4187.9221.4242.0240.2217.0210.4208.9204.8212.0241.7245.4296.3320.1312.7317.3327.4362.6342.8388.2358.0404.6367.8
Oman684.6672.8799.0662.6765.0694.9707.5686.8642.6658.8585.4594.5695.4793.0800.2825.3912.21090.71171.21221.11258.61170.81207.11538.22644.52328.52039.51765.41771.71457.91566.51352.7
Qatar2214.91837.71660.41837.71187.41150.81025.31025.51042.11282.21613.11177.31011.0
Saudi Arabia886.2813.81007.5975.1888.8926.1784.0708.2700.9934.01054.5907.2966.1991.7848.5834.8903.91066.21207.51408.41476.41549.61650.01716.81937.92230.12612.32748.81962.62126.82207.51805.3
Syria317.7122.8131.9225.8225.7105.1117.366.867.469.070.370.454.761.064.682.577.979.075.380.483.8102.9109.8118.3
Turkey51.263.798.6103.4110.5124.992.0113.0126.4129.1143.2159.8158.0112.4138.9155.5163.0177.9189.6215.4238.7225.0244.0231.6237.0242.7227.6199.5223.3219.7238.6245.1
UAE1248.71425.51427.21874.81755.51539.11571.91675.51439.41351.91371.61632.21747.62047.32144.02081.02561.62469.62020.4
YemenDNE68.983.6100.9112.6164.654.026.924.923.423.427.230.140.042.537.640.639.749.454.763.162.567.766.165.666.4
Yemen, NorthDNE


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