Unit, country reports by IMF staff, and specialist journals and newspapers. The data on military expenditures as a share of GDP are SIPRI estimates. The SIPRI military expenditure figures are presented on a calendar-year basis. The only exception is the USA, for which statistics report data on...
While Russia was only the fifth top nation by military spending at$65.9 billionin 2021, it was among the higher ranking nations in terms of military spending as a share of GDP. Russia military expenditures amounted to 4.1% of its GDP, and among the top 10 spending nations, was only beaten...
America's No. 3 spot in the annual U.S. News project is a high-water mark, but comes as nearly half of survey respondents see a negative global impact from a potential Trump presidency. Elliott Davis Jr.Sept. 10, 2024 AfD Leader's Hungary Invite Shows Erosion of German Far-Right Party...
Despite having the world's second-largest economy and the largest military, China is still not classified as a developed country by the criteria of most organizations. In addition to having one of the lowest GDPs per capita on this list, another attribute indicating that China is still ...
Strong military 96.2 Quality of Life #26 Ranking 49.4Score See all of the Best Countries for Quality of Life. Score Attributes A good job market 75.9 Affordable 87.7 Economically stable 82.1 Family-friendly 9.5 Income equality 12.1 Politically stable 56.2 Safe 10.0 Well-developed public...
A country’s labor force includes people aged 15+ who are working or actively looking for work in exchange for pay, profit, or shared production.Unpaid workers,family caretakers, students, and military personnel may be excluded from this count. ...
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South Korea saw notable improvements in global perceptions of the Soft Power pillar of Culture & Heritage, rising an impressive 17 places in rank to 11th since 2020, according to the new iteration of the Global Soft Power Index by Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy...
The Power subranking is based on an equally weighted average of scores from six country attributes that relate to a country's power: a leader, economically influential, has strong exports, politically influential, strong international alliances and strong military. For more information on how we ran...