RankCountrySpending level: ($ billions)Per capita ($)World share (%) 1. United States$528.7$1,75646% 2. United Kingdom59.29905 3. France53.18755 4. China49.5374 5. Japan43.73414 6. Germany37.04473 7. Russia34.72443 8. Italy29.95143 9. Saudi Arabia2, 329.01,1523 10. India23.9212 11. South Korea21.94552 12. Australia313.86761 13. Canada313.54141 14. Brazil13.4711 15. Spain12.32841 Subtotal, top 15963.783 World1,158177100 1. Market Exchange Rate. 2. Data for Iran and Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slight overestimates. 3. The populations of Australia, Canada, and Saudi Arabia each constitute less than 0.5% of the total world population. Source:SIPRI Yearbook 2007,Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Significant Ongoing Armed Conflicts, 2010: The following table shows where wars and armed conflicts are raging throughout the world in 2010. Find the year that war began and the major warring parties involved by region of conflict, including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Main warring partiesYear began1 Middle East U.S. and UK vs. Iraq2003 Israel vs. Palestinians1948 Yemen: Government forces vs. the rebel group Shabab al-Moumineen (The Youthful Believers)2004 Turkey: Government forces vs. the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK)1999 Asia Afghanistan: U.S., UK, and Coalition Forces vs. al-Qaeda and Taliban2001 India vs. Kashmiri separatist groups/Pakistan1948 India vs. Assam insurgents (various)1979 Philippines vs. Mindanaoan separatists (MILF/ASG)1971 Sri Lanka vs. Tamil Eelan21978 Africa Algeria vs. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)1991 Somalia vs. rival clans and Islamist groups1991 Sudan vs. Darfur rebel groups2003 Uganda vs. Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)1986 Europe Russia vs. Chechen separatists1994 Latin America Colombia vs. National Liberation Army (ELN)1978 Colombia vs. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)1978 Colombia vs. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)1990 NOTE: As of Oct. 2009. 1. Where multiple parties and long-standing but sporadic conflict are concerned, date of first combat deaths is given. 2. 2002 cease-fire collapsed in 2006. Sources:Project Ploughshares, www.ploughshares.ca,and news sources.

Countries with Nuclear Weapons Capability: *.Acknowledged:U.K., China, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, United States, Israel, North Korea1 *.Seeking:Syria, Iran2 *.Abandoned:South Africa constructed but then voluntarily dismantled six uranium bombs. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine; when Soviet Union broke up, these former states possessed nuclear warheads that they have since given up and declared themselves non-nuclear weapon states. 1. North Korea tested its first nuclear device on October 9, 2006; a second test took place in 2009. The 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) recognizes five nuclear weapon states (France, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) 2. In Aug. 2005, U.S. intelligence estimated that Iran would possess nuclear weapons in the next decade. In Jan. 2006, Iran announced its decision to restart nuclear research. Both Syria and Iran have undertaken questionable nuclear activities and been referred to the United Nations Security Council due to judgments of noncompliance with their IAEA safeguards agreements. Source:U.S. State Department,TIMEmagazine and the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Per Capita Foreign Aid Assistance by World's Wealthiest Countries, 2002: CountryPer capita government aidPer capita private giving Australia14¢3¢ Austria182 Belgium282 Canada172 Denmark641 Finland241 France251 Greece70.1 Germany183 Ireland286 Italy110.2 Japan20¢0.4¢ Netherlands574 New Zealand81 Norway10224 Portugal90.1 Spain111 Sweden611 Switzerland357 United Kingdom232 United States135 Source:© Center for Global Development and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From “Ranking the Rich,”Foreign Policy,May/June 2004. Reprinted with permission.

Income Tax by Country, 2004: CountrySingle person without childrenOne-earner family with two children Australia24.3%24.3% Austria10.88.1 Belgium26.615.2 Canada17.813.9 Czech Republic11.45.3Denmark 30.6 25.4 ... Korea, South2.21.4 Luxembourg8.90.0 Mexico3.03.0 Netherlands8.58.3 New Zealand20.720.7 Norway20.918.0 Poland6.14.1 Portugal5.60.4 Slovakia7.9–5.3 Spain12.74.3 Sweden24.024.0 Switzerland9.85.1 Turkey15.415.4 United Kingdom15.98.1 United States16.52.4 Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France,Taxing Wages, 2003–2004(copyright). FromStatistical Abstract of the United States: 2006.