Public expenditure/Addendum
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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])