Public expenditure/Addendum

Public Expenditure 2005

Percentage of GDP

	Social expenditure	Health expenditure	Education expenditure	Military expenditure	Central government total
France	29.2	8.9	5.7	2.0	53.4
Germany	26.7	8.2	4.6	1.5	46.9
Italy	23.0	6.8	4.5	1.8	48.7
Japan	18.6	6.7	3.5	0.8	38.4
United Kingdom	21.3	8.9	5.6	2.4	44.3
United States	15.9	6.0	5.3	4.1	36.6

(Sources OECD Factbook 2009 [1], OECD Outlook No 85 [2])and CIA world factbook [3] (for education spending) [4] (for military spending)

Distribution of family incomes

Gini Index (Zero would denote no inequality, 100 would denote a one-family monopoly)

	Gini Index
Norway 2008	25
Germany 2006	27
Italy 2006	32
France 2008	33
Britain 2005	34
Japan 2002	38
Nicaragua 2001	43
United States	45
Philipines 2006	46
Mexico 2006	48

(Source CIA World Factbook 2009[5])