Public expenditure/Addendum

Public Expenditure 2006

Percentage of GDP

	total*	defence	law and	economy	environ-	housing	health	culture	educat-	social
			order		ment				ion	sec'ty
United States	36.6	4.3	2.1	3.7	0	0.6	7.7	0.3	6.7	7.0
United Kingdom	44.3	2.5	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.9	7.1	0.9	5.8	15.9
France	53.4	1.8	1.3	2.9	0.8	1.9	7.2	1.5	6.0	22.3
Germany	46.9	1.1	1.6	3.3	0.5	0.9	6.7	0.6	4.0	21.2
Japan	38.4	0.9	1.4	3.5	1.2	0.6	7.1	0.2	3.8	12.2
Italy	48.7	1.4	1.9	5.9	0.8	0.7	7.0	0.8	4.3	18.3
Sweden	52.0	1.7	1.3	4.8	0.4	0.7	6.8	1.1	7.1	22.7

^* central government expenditure

(Source: OECD Government at a Glance, 2009)

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[1])