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Statistics Of Shame (page 3 of 5)

Statistics of Total GDP by Order of Wealth
Statistics of GDP per Capita
Statistics of Military Expenditure Total
Statistics of Military Expenditure GDP
Statistics of External Debt
Statistics of National Budget
Statistics of Population Total
Statistics of Population Growth
Statistics of Life Expectancy
Statistics of Population Below Poverty Line

External Debt

Rank  Country  Debt - external  Date of Information
1  World  $    2,000,000,000,000  2002 est.
2  United States  $     862,000,000,000  1995 est.
3  Brazil  $     222,400,000,000 2002
4  Australia  $     176,800,000,000  2001 est.
5  Argentina  $     155,000,000,000  2001 est.
6  Russia  $     153,500,000,000  yearend 2002
7  Mexico  $     150,000,000,000  2000 est.
8  China  $     149,400,000,000  2002 est.
9  Korea, South  $     135,200,000,000 2001
10  Indonesia  $     131,000,000,000  2002 est.
11  Iraq  $     120,000,000,000  2002 est.
12  Turkey  $     118,300,000,000  yearend 2001
13  India  $     100,600,000,000  2001 est.
14  Spain  $      90,000,000,000  1993 est.
15  Sweden  $      66,500,000,000 1994
16  Poland  $      64,000,000,000 2002
17  Greece  $      63,400,000,000  2002 est.
18  Thailand  $      62,500,000,000  2002 est.
19  Philippines  $      60,300,000,000 2002
20  Hong Kong  $      49,500,000,000  2002 est.
21  Malaysia  $      47,500,000,000  2002 est.
22  Israel  $      42,800,000,000  2001 est.
23  Chile  $      40,400,000,000 2002
24  Colombia  $      38,400,000,000  2002 est.
25  Venezuela  $      38,200,000,000 2000
26  New Zealand  $      33,000,000,000  2002 est.
27  Pakistan  $      32,300,000,000  2002 est.
28  Hungary  $      31,500,000,000  2002 est.
29  Egypt  $      30,500,000,000  2002 est.
30  Finland  $      30,000,000,000  December 1993
31  Nigeria  $      29,700,000,000  2002 est.
32  Peru  $      29,200,000,000  2002 est.
33  Belgium  $      28,300,000,000  1999 est.
34  Saudi Arabia  $      25,900,000,000  2003 est.
35  South Africa  $      24,700,000,000  2002 est.
36  Taiwan  $      24,700,000,000 2002
37  Czech Republic  $      23,800,000,000 2002
38  Syria  $      22,000,000,000  2002 est.
39  Denmark  $      21,700,000,000 2000
40  Algeria  $      21,600,000,000  2002 est.
41  United Arab Emirates  $      18,500,000,000  2002 est.
42  Morocco  $      17,700,000,000  2002 est.
43  Bangladesh  $      16,500,000,000 2002
44  Croatia  $      16,500,000,000 2001
45  Sudan  $      15,800,000,000  2002 est.
46  Qatar  $      15,400,000,000  2002 est.
47  Ecuador  $      14,400,000,000 2002
48  Ukraine  $      14,200,000,000 2002
49  Vietnam  $      14,100,000,000 2001
50  Romania  $      13,700,000,000  2002 est.
51  Tunisia  $      13,600,000,000  2003 est.
52  Portugal  $      13,100,000,000  1997 est.
53  Congo, Democratic Republic of the  $      12,900,000,000  2000 est.
54  Cuba  $      12,300,000,000  2002 est.
55  Austria  $      12,100,000,000  2001 est.
56  Korea, North  $      12,000,000,000  1996 est.
57  Uruguay  $      11,800,000,000  2002 est.
58  Ireland  $      11,000,000,000 1998
59  Kuwait  $      10,400,000,000  2000 est.
60  Bulgaria  $      10,300,000,000  yearend 2002
61  Cote d'Ivoire  $      10,300,000,000  2002 est.
62  Angola  $       9,900,000,000  2002 est.
63  Sri Lanka  $       9,800,000,000 2002
64  Slovakia  $       9,600,000,000  2002 est.
65  Lebanon  $       9,300,000,000  2002 est.
66  Serbia and Montenegro  $       9,200,000,000  2001 est.
67  Iran  $       8,700,000,000  2002 est.
68  Cameroon  $       8,600,000,000  2002 est.
69  Jordan  $       8,200,000,000  2002 est.
70  Singapore  $       8,200,000,000  2002 est.
71  Cyprus  $       8,000,000,000 2002
72  Slovenia  $       7,900,000,000 2001
73  Ghana  $       7,200,000,000  2002 est.
74  Panama  $       7,000,000,000  2002 est.
75  Tanzania  $       6,800,000,000  2002 est.
76  Kazakhstan  $       6,600,000,000  2002 est.
77  Yemen  $       6,200,000,000 2002
78  Burma  $       6,100,000,000  2002 est.
79  Bolivia  $       5,900,000,000  2002 est.
80  Lithuania  $       5,800,000,000  2002 est.
81  Zambia  $       5,800,000,000 2001
82  Nicaragua  $       5,800,000,000  2002 est.
83  Kenya  $       5,700,000,000  2002 est.
84  Oman  $       5,700,000,000  2002 est.
85  El Salvador  $       5,600,000,000  2001 est.
86  Honduras  $       5,400,000,000 2002
87  Ethiopia  $       5,300,000,000  2001 est.
88  Jamaica  $       5,300,000,000  2002 est.
89  Congo, Republic of the  $       5,000,000,000  2000 est.
90  Guatemala  $       4,900,000,000  2002 est.
91  Costa Rica  $       4,800,000,000  2002 est.
92  Dominican Republic  $       4,800,000,000  2002 est.
93  Madagascar  $       4,600,000,000 2002
94  Uzbekistan  $       4,600,000,000  2002 est.
95  Libya  $       4,400,000,000  2001 est.
96  Zimbabwe  $       3,900,000,000  2002 est.
97  Gabon  $       3,800,000,000  2002 est.
98  Bahrain  $       3,700,000,000 2002
99  Guinea  $       3,400,000,000  2000 est.
100  Latvia  $       3,400,000,000  2000 est.
101  Estonia  $       3,300,000,000  2001 est.
102  Mali  $       3,300,000,000 2000
103  Paraguay  $       3,200,000,000  2002 est.
104  Senegal  $       3,100,000,000  2002 est.
105  Malawi  $       2,900,000,000 2002
106  Bosnia and Herzegovina  $       2,800,000,000 2001
107  Uganda  $       2,800,000,000  2002 est.
108  Papua New Guinea  $       2,800,000,000  2002 est.
109  Trinidad and Tobago  $       2,800,000,000  2002 est.
110  Iceland  $       2,600,000,000 1999
111  Somalia  $       2,600,000,000  2000 est.
112  Nepal  $       2,550,000,000  FY00
113  Laos  $       2,530,000,000 1999
114  Mauritania  $       2,500,000,000 2000
115  Mauritius  $       2,400,000,000  2002 est.
116  Turkmenistan  $       2,300,000,000  2001 est.
117  Liberia  $       2,100,000,000  2000 est.
118  Georgia  $       1,700,000,000 2001
119  Benin  $       1,600,000,000 2000
120  Niger  $       1,600,000,000  1999 est.
121  Kyrgyzstan  $       1,500,000,000  2002 est.
122  Sierra Leone  $       1,500,000,000  2002 est.
123  Azerbaijan  $       1,400,000,000 2002
124  Togo  $       1,400,000,000 2000
125  Netherlands Antilles  $       1,350,000,000 1996
126  Moldova  $       1,300,000,000 2002
127  Rwanda  $       1,300,000,000  2000 est.
128  Burkina Faso  $       1,300,000,000 2000
129  Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of  $       1,300,000,000  2001 est.
130  French Guiana  $       1,200,000,000 1988
131  Guyana  $       1,200,000,000 2002
132  Haiti  $       1,200,000,000 1999
133  Burundi  $       1,140,000,000 2001
134  Chad  $       1,100,000,000  2000 est.
135  Tajikistan  $       1,000,000,000  2002 est.
136  Mozambique  $        966,000,000  2002 est.
137  Guinea-Bissau  $        941,500,000  2000 est.
138  Mongolia  $        913,000,000  2001 est.
139  Armenia  $        905,000,000  June 2001
140  Central African Republic  $        881,400,000  2000 est.
141  Belarus  $        851,000,000  2001 est.
142  Cambodia  $        829,000,000  1999 est.
143  Albania  $        784,000,000 2000
144  Lesotho  $        735,000,000 2002
145  Barbados  $        692,000,000 2002
146  Namibia  $        517,000,000  2002 est.
147  Gambia, The  $        476,000,000  2001 est.
148  Belize  $        475,000,000  2001 est.
149  Bahamas, The  $        371,600,000 2001
150  Djibouti  $        366,000,000  2002 est.
151  Botswana  $        360,000,000 2002
152  Cape Verde  $        325,000,000 2002
153  Suriname  $        321,000,000  2002 est.
154  Swaziland  $        320,000,000  2002 est.
155  Eritrea  $        311,000,000  2000 est.
156  Aruba  $        285,000,000 1996
157  Maldives  $        281,000,000  2003 est.
158  Macau  $        255,000,000  2000 est.
159  Sao Tome and Principe  $        253,800,000 2000
160  Equatorial Guinea  $        248,000,000  2000 est.
161  Bhutan  $        245,000,000 2000
162  Comoros  $        232,000,000  2000 est.
163  Antigua and Barbuda  $        231,000,000 1999
164  Saint Lucia  $        214,000,000 2000
165  Samoa  $        197,000,000 2000
166  Grenada  $        196,000,000 2000
167  Martinique  $        180,000,000 1994
168  Saint Kitts and Nevis  $        171,000,000 2001
169  Seychelles  $        170,000,000  2002 est.
170  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $        167,200,000 2000
171  Dominica  $        161,500,000 2001
172  Bermuda  $        145,000,000  FY99/00
173  Cook Islands  $        141,000,000  1996 est.
174  Solomon Islands  $        137,000,000  2001 est.
175  Fiji  $        135,900,000 2000
176  Malta  $        130,000,000 1997
177  Gaza Strip  $        108,000,000  1997 est.
178  West Bank  $        108,000,000  1997 est.
179  Marshall Islands  $         86,500,000  FY99/00 est.
180  New Caledonia  $         79,000,000  1998 est.
181  Cayman Islands  $         70,000,000 1996
182  Vanuatu  $         68,600,000  2000 est.
183  Faroe Islands  $         64,000,000 1999
184  Tonga  $         57,500,000  June 2001
185  Micronesia, Federated States of  $         53,100,000  FY02/03 est.
186  British Virgin Islands  $         36,100,000 1997
187  Nauru  $         33,300,000  
188  Greenland  $         25,000,000 1999
189  Kiribati  $         10,000,000  1999 est.
190  Montserrat  $          8,900,000 1997
191  Anguilla  $          8,800,000 1998
192  Niue  $           418,000  2002 est.
193  Brunei  $                0  
194  Norway  $                0  
195  Tokelau  $                0  
196  Palau  $                0  FY99/00
197  Liechtenstein  $                0 2001

So is it shameful to borrow money to fund the day to day operations of a nation?
No, but remember future generations will have to pay these debts unless an alternative to the monetary system is created one day. If all tribes invested in War Bonds as described in Section 1 of the 12-12-12 book, one day all these debts can be retired.

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National Budget

Country  Budget
Afghanistan revenues: $200 million expenditures: $550 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 plan est.) 
Albania  revenues: $697 million expenditures: $1.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $368 million (2002 est.) 
Algeria  revenues: $20.3 billion expenditures: $18.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2001 est.) 
American Samoa  revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants) expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97) 
Andorra  revenues: $385 million expenditures: $342 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997) 
Angola  revenues: $928 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $963 million (1992 est.) 
Anguilla  revenues: $22.8 million expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) 
Antigua and Barbuda  revenues: $123.7 million expenditures: $145.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Argentina  revenues: $44 billion expenditures: $48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Armenia  revenues: $402 million expenditures: $482 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.) 
Aruba  revenues: $135.81 million expenditures: $147 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000) 
Australia  revenues: $86.8 billion expenditures: $84.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Austria  revenues: $53 billion expenditures: $54 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Azerbaijan  revenues: $786 million expenditures: $807 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Bahamas, The  revenues: $918.5 million expenditures: $956.5 million, including capital expenditures of $106.7 million (FY99/00) 
Bahrain  revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2002 est.) 
Bangladesh  revenues: $4.9 billion expenditures: $6.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99/00 est.) 
Barbados  revenues: $847 million (including grants) expenditures: $886 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Belarus  revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $180 million (1997 est.) 
Belgium  revenues: $113.4 billion expenditures: $106 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.17 billion (2000) 
Belize  revenues: $224 million expenditures: $209 million, including capital expenditures of $70 million (2002 est.) 
Benin  revenues: $377.4 million expenditures: $561.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Bermuda  revenues: $609.5 million expenditures: $574.6 million, including capital expenditures of $54.8 million (FY00/01) 
Bhutan  revenues: $146 million expenditures: $152 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY95/96 est.) Note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures (FY95/96 est.) 
Bolivia  revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina  revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Botswana  revenues: $2.3 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY01/02) 
Brazil  revenues: $100.6 billion expenditures: $91.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000) 
British Virgin Islands  revenues: $121.5 million expenditures: $115.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997) 
Brunei  revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.35 billion (1997 est.) 
Bulgaria  revenues: $5.57 billion expenditures: $5.68 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Burkina Faso  revenues: $316 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Burma  revenues: $7.9 billion expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7 billion (FY96/97) 
Burundi  revenues: $125 million expenditures: $176 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Cambodia  revenues: $396 million expenditures: $607 million, including capital expenditures of $254 million (2001 est.) 
Cameroon  revenues: $2.2 billion expenditures: $2.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Canada  revenues: $178.6 billion expenditures: $161.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Cape Verde  revenues: $112 million expenditures: $198 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000) 
Cayman Islands  revenues: $265.2 million expenditures: $248.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997) 
Central African Republic  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Chad  revenues: $198 million expenditures: $218 million, including capital expenditures of $146 million (1998 est.) 
Chile  revenues: $17 billion expenditures: $17 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
China  revenues: $224.8 billion expenditures: $267.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Christmas Island  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Cocos (Keeling) Islands  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Colombia  revenues: $24 billion expenditures: $25.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Comoros  revenues: $27.6 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Congo, Democratic Republic of the  revenues: $269 million expenditures: $244 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.) 
Congo, Republic of the  revenues: $870 million expenditures: $970 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.) 
Cook Islands  revenues: $28 million expenditures: $27 million, including capital expenditures of $3.3 million (FY00/01 est.) 
Costa Rica  revenues: $1.91 billion expenditures: $2.35 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Cote d'Ivoire  revenues: $1.72 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $420 million (2001 est.) 
Croatia  revenues: $8.6 billion expenditures: $9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Cuba  revenues: $14.9 billion expenditures: $15.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Cyprus  revenues: Greek Cypriot area - $4.4 billion, Turkish Cypriot area - $231.3 million (2002 est.) expenditures: $3.7 billion, Greek Cypriot area - $539 million, including capital expenditures of $539 million, Turkish Cypriot area - $432.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) 
Czech Republic  revenues: $16.7 billion expenditures: $18 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Denmark  revenues: $52.9 billion expenditures: $51.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2001 est.) 
Djibouti  revenues: $135 million expenditures: $182 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Dominica  revenues: $73.9 million expenditures: $84.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Dominican Republic  revenues: $2.9 billion expenditures: $3.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2001 est.) 
East Timor  revenues: $36 million expenditures: $97 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.) 
Ecuador  revenues: $5.6 billion expenditures: planned $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Egypt  revenues: $21.5 billion expenditures: $26.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.9 billion (2001) 
El Salvador  revenues: $2.1 billion expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Equatorial Guinea  revenues: $200 million expenditures: $158 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Eritrea  revenues: $206.4 million expenditures: $615.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Estonia  revenues: $1.89 billion expenditures: $1.89 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Ethiopia  revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $600 million (2002 est.) 
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)  revenues: $66.2 million expenditures: $67.9 million, including capital expenditures of $23.2 million (FY98 est.) 
Faroe Islands  revenues: $488 million expenditures: $484 million, including capital expenditures of $21 million (1999) 
Fiji  revenues: $427.9 million expenditures: $531.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Finland  revenues: $36.1 billion expenditures: $31 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
France  revenues: $286 billion expenditures: $330 billion, including capital expenditures of $23 billion (2002 est.) 
French Guiana  revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996) 
French Polynesia  revenues: $1 billion expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185 million (1996) 
Gabon  revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $310 million (2002 est.) 
Gambia, The  revenues: $90.5 million expenditures: $80.9 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2001 est.) 
Gaza Strip  revenues: $930 million expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $15 million (includes West Bank) (2000 est.)
Georgia  revenues: $499 million expenditures: $554 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Germany  revenues: $802 billion expenditures: $825 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Ghana  revenues: $1.603 billion expenditures: $1.975 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Gibraltar  revenues: $307 million expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Greece  revenues: $45 billion expenditures: $47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
Greenland  revenues: $646 million expenditures: $629 million, including capital expenditures of $85 million (1999) 
Grenada  revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997) 
Guadeloupe  revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996) 
Guam  revenues: $340 million expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.) 
Guatemala  revenues: $2.3 billion expenditures: $2.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $750 million (2002 est.) 
Guernsey  revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Guinea  revenues: $395.7 million expenditures: $472.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (2000 est.) 
Guinea-Bissau  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Guyana  revenues: $227 million expenditures: $235.2 million, including capital expenditures of $93.4 million (2000) 
Haiti  revenues: $273 million expenditures: $361 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Holy See (Vatican City)  revenues: $173.5 million expenditures: $176.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Honduras  revenues: $607 million expenditures: $411.9 million, including capital expenditures of $106 million (1999 est.) 
Hong Kong  $22.8 billion expenditures: $30.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02) 
Hungary  revenues: $13 billion expenditures: $14.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Iceland  revenues: $3.5 billion expenditures: $3.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $467 million (1999) 
India  revenues: $48.3 billion expenditures: $78.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $13.5 billion (FY01/02 est.) 
Indonesia  revenues: $26 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Iran  revenues: $29.5 billion expenditures: $31.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Iraq  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Ireland  revenues: $30.7 billion expenditures: $30.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2002) 
Israel  revenues: $38.5 billion expenditures: $45.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Italy  revenues: $504 billion expenditures: $517 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Jamaica  revenues: $2.23 billion expenditures: $2.56 billion, including capital expenditures of $232.5 million (FY99/00 est.) 
Japan  revenues: $441 billion expenditures: $718 billion, including capital expenditures (public works only) of about NA (FY01 est.)
Jersey  revenues: $601 million expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.) 
Jordan  revenues: $2.7 billion expenditures: $3 billion, including capital expenditures of $614 million (2002 est.) 
Kazakhstan  revenues: $4.2 billion expenditures: $5.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Kenya  revenues: $2.91 billion expenditures: $2.97 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Kiribati  revenues: $28.4 million expenditures: $37.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Korea, North  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Korea, South  revenues: $118.1 billion expenditures: $95.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $22.6 billion (2000) 
Kuwait  revenues: $11 billion expenditures: $17.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02/03) 
Kyrgyzstan  revenues: $207.4 million expenditures: $238.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Laos  revenues: $211 million expenditures: $462 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.) 
Latvia  revenues: $2.4 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Lebanon  revenues: $3.1 billion expenditures: $5.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Lesotho revenues: $76 million expenditures: $80 million, including capital expenditures of $15 million (FY99/00 est.) 
Liberia  revenues: $85.4 million expenditures: $90.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Libya  revenues: $13.7 billion expenditures: $8.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Liechtenstein  revenues: $424.2 million expenditures: $414.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
Lithuania  revenues: $1.59 billion expenditures: $1.77 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Luxembourg  revenues: $5.5 billion expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $760 million (2002 est.) 
Macau  revenues: $1.41 billion expenditures: $1.19 billion, including capital expenditures of $194 million (2002) 
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of  revenues: $1.13 billion expenditures: $1.02 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Madagascar  revenues: $553 million expenditures: $735 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
Malawi  revenues: $490 million expenditures: $523 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99 est.) 
Malaysia  revenues: $20.3 billion expenditures: $27.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2001 est.) 
Maldives  revenues: $224 million (excluding foreign grants) expenditures: $282 million, including capital expenditures of $80 million (2002 est.) 
Mali  revenues: $764 million expenditures: $828 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Malta  revenues: $1.5 billion expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000) 
Man, Isle of  revenues: $485 million expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Marshall Islands  revenues: $42 million expenditures: $40 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999) 
Martinique  revenues: $900 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996) 
Mauritania  revenues: $421 million expenditures: $378 million, including capital expenditures of $154 million (2002 est.) 
Mauritius  revenues: $1.1 billion expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Mayotte  revenues: $NA expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991 est.) 
Mexico  revenues: $136 billion expenditures: $140 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Micronesia, Federated States of  revenues: $161 million ($69 million less grants) expenditures: $160 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Moldova  revenues: $536 million expenditures: $594 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
Monaco  revenues: $518 million expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995) 
Mongolia  revenues: $386 million expenditures: $427 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Montserrat  revenues: $31.4 million expenditures: $31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4 million (1997 est.) 
Morocco  revenues: $13.8 billion expenditures: $14.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.1 billion (2001 est.) 
Mozambique  revenues: $393.1 million expenditures: $1.025 billion, including capital expenditures of $479.4 million (2001 est.) 
Namibia  revenues: $883 million expenditures: $950 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998) 
Nauru  revenues: $23.4 million expenditures: $64.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY95/96) 
Nepal  revenues: $665 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99 est.) 
Netherlands  revenues: $134 billion expenditures: $134 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Netherlands Antilles  revenues: $710.8 million expenditures: $741.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.) 
New Caledonia  revenues: $861.3 million expenditures: $735.3 million, including capital expenditures of $52 million (1996 est.) 
New Zealand  revenues: $29.2 billion expenditures: $31.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002) 
Nicaragua  revenues: $726 million expenditures: $908 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Niger  revenues: $320 million, including $134 million from foreign sources expenditures: $320 million, including capital expenditures of $178 million (2002 est.) 
Nigeria  revenues: $3.4 billion expenditures: $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Niue  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Norfolk Island  revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92/93) 
Northern Mariana Islands  revenues: $193 million expenditures: $223 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY01/02 est.) 
Norway  revenues: $71.7 billion expenditures: $57.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Oman  revenues: $9.2 billion expenditures: $6.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Pakistan  revenues: $12.6 billion expenditures: $14.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02 est.) 
Palau  revenues: $57.7 million expenditures: $80.8 million, including capital expenditures of $17.1 million (FY98/99 est.) 
Panama  revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million (2000 est.) 
Papua New Guinea  revenues: $894 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $344 million (2000 est.) 
Paraguay  revenues: $1.3 billion expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (1999 est.) 
Peru  revenues: $10.4 billion expenditures: $10.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Philippines  revenues: $10.9 billion expenditures: $15 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Pitcairn Islands  revenues: $729,884 expenditures: $878,119, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY94/95 est.) 
Poland  revenues: $49.6 billion expenditures: $52.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999) 
Portugal  revenues: $45 billion expenditures: $48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Puerto Rico  revenues: $6.7 billion expenditures: $9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99/00) 
Qatar  revenues: $5 billion expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (FY02 est.) 
Reunion  revenues: $1.26 billion expenditures: $2.62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998) 
Romania  revenues: $11.7 billion expenditures: $12.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Russia  revenues: $70 billion expenditures: $62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
Rwanda  revenues: $199.3 million expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Saint Helena  revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92) 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  revenues: $89.7 million expenditures: $128.2 million, including capital expenditures of $19.5 million (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia  revenues: $141.2 million expenditures: $146.7 million, including capital expenditures of $25.1 million (2000 est.) 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon  revenues: $70 million expenditures: $60 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.) 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  revenues: $94.6 million expenditures: $85.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Samoa  revenues: $105 million expenditures: $119 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001/02) 
San Marino  revenues: $400 million expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Sao Tome and Principe  revenues: $58 million expenditures: $114 million, including capital expenditures of $54 million (1993 est.) 
Saudi Arabia  revenues: $46 billion expenditures: $56.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.) 
Senegal  revenues: $1.373 billion expenditures: $1.373 billion, including capital expenditures of $357 million (2002 est.) 
Serbia and Montenegro  revenues: $3.9 billion expenditures: $4.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Seychelles  revenues: $249 million expenditures: $262 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
Sierra Leone  revenues: $96 million expenditures: $351 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Singapore  revenues: $27.9 billion expenditures: $19.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.4 billion (FY00 est.) 
Slovakia  revenues: $5.2 billion expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999) 
Slovenia  revenues: $8.11 billion expenditures: $8.32 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.) 
Solomon Islands  revenues: $38 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Somalia  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
South Africa  revenues: $22.6 billion expenditures: $24.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (FY02/03) 
Spain  revenues: $105 billion expenditures: $109 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2000 est.) 
Sri Lanka  revenues: $2.8 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Sudan  revenues: $1.6 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Suriname  revenues: $393 million expenditures: $403 million, including capital expenditures of $34 million (1997 est.) 
Svalbard  revenues: $11.5 million expenditures: $11.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
Swaziland  revenues: $448 million expenditures: $506.9 million, including capital expenditures of $147 million (FY01/02) 
Sweden  revenues: $119 billion expenditures: $110 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Switzerland  revenues: $30 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Syria  revenues: $6 billion expenditures: $7 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.6 billion (2002 est.) 
Taiwan  revenues: $36 billion expenditures: $36.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002) 
Tajikistan  revenues: $502 million expenditures: $520 million, including capital expenditures of $86 million (2002) 
Tanzania  revenues: $1.01 billion expenditures: $1.38 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.) 
Thailand  revenues: $19 billion expenditures: $21 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Togo  revenues: $232 million expenditures: $252 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.) 
Tokelau  revenues: $430,830 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.) 
Tonga  revenues: $39.9 million expenditures: $52.4 million, including capital expenditures of $1.9 million (FY99/00 est.) 
Trinidad and Tobago  revenues: $1.54 billion expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (1998) 
Tunisia  revenues: $5.2 billion expenditures: $5.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2002 est.) 
Turkey  revenues: $42.4 billion expenditures: $69.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001) 
Turkmenistan  revenues: $588.6 million expenditures: $658.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Turks and Caicos Islands  revenues: $47 million expenditures: $33.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997-98 est.) 
Tuvalu  revenues: $22.5 million expenditures: $11.2 million, including capital expenditures of $4.2 million (2000 est.) 
Uganda  revenues: $959 million expenditures: $1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.) 
Ukraine  revenues: $10.2 billion expenditures: $11.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.) 
United Arab Emirates  revenues: $20 billion expenditures: $22 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
United Kingdom  revenues: $565 billion expenditures: $540 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY01) 
United States  revenues: $1.946 trillion expenditures: $2.052 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.) 
Uruguay  revenues: $3.7 billion expenditures: $4.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2000) 
Uzbekistan  revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.) 
Vanuatu  revenues: $94.4 million expenditures: $99.8 million, including capital expenditures of $30.4 million (1996 est.) 
Venezuela  revenues: $21.5 billion expenditures: $27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) 
Vietnam  revenues: $5.3 billion expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (1999 est.) 
Virgin Islands  revenues: $364.4 million expenditures: $364.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990 est.) 
Wallis and Futuna  revenues: $20 million expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) 
West Bank  revenues: $930 million expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $15 million
note: includes Gaza Strip (2000 est.) 
Western Sahara  revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA 
Yemen  revenues: $3 billion expenditures: $3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Zambia  revenues: $1.2 billion expenditures: $1.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.) 
Zimbabwe  revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

The above statistics were taken from the CIA World Factbook 2003.

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