Below are two charts showing the top 12 nations in military spending for 2005 and those countries' GDP growth for the same year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant.
The bar charts compare the military spending of the top 12 nations in 2005 with their
GDP
growth
for the same year. Overall
, it it
evident that the United States had the highest military expenditure, Correct your spelling
is
while
China had the highest GDP
growth
. Other Asian nations also
tended to have higher GDP
growth
rates than the Western European countries.
The United States dominated military spending in 2005, with an expenditure of $400 billion
, which is five times that of both China and Russia, at $80 billion
each. The U.K
, France and Japan occupied the third highest position ($50 Correct your spelling
U.K.
billion
), fourth ($40 billion
) and fifth ($35 billion
) respectively. Germany's military spending was half that of France. India and Saudi Arabia both spent $10 billion
, while
South Korea's expenditure was slightly less at around $8 billion
. By contrast
, the figures for Italy and Australia were the lowest, at only 5 billion
dollars.
As regards GDP
growth
in 2005, China took the lead with a rate of 9%, followed by Russia with 7%. The figures for India and Saudi Arabia were roughly the same (around 6%). South Korea's growth
rate of 5% was marginally higher than that of the United States (4.8%). The figures for Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan were 4%, 3,5% and just over 3% respectively. Meanwhile, France, Germany, and Italy all had the lowest GDP
growth
at around 2%.Submitted by weezel on
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