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Superpower comparison - military
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European Union United StatesChinaRussian FederationWorldEuropean Union United StatesChinaRussian FederationWorld
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GDP (current billions US$) 18.591 27.721 17.795 2.021 106.172 14.643 15.049 6.087 1.525 66.610
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Military expenditure (current billions USD) 313 916 296 109 2.387 - 214 738 106 59 1.649
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Military expenditure if EU spends 3,0 % (current billions US$) 558
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Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1,7 3,4 1,7 5,9 2,4 1,5 4,9 1,7 3,6 2,5
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Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) 3,5 9,1 5,0 16,1 6,7 2,9 12,3 7,0 10,1 6,7
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Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) (2023=2020) 0,9 0,8 0,3 2,0 0,8 1,0 1,0 0,4 1,9 0,9
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Armed forces personnel, total ( 2023=2020) 1.913.000 1.395.000 2.535.000 1.454.000 27.406.000 2.101.107 1.569.417 2.945.000 1.430.000 28.133.971
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Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values, billions) 9,2 11,3 2,4 1,3 29,1 - 5,3 8,4 1,5 6,2 25,9
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Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values, billions) 5,1 0,7 0,5 0,1 29,1 - 3,1 1,1 1,0 0,0 25,9
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NB: I suppose Arms export and import are i US$ (?)
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Data from database: World Development Indicators 3/2025 /Karsten Duus
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