i Just became aware of how very exceptional the BUDGET of the Pakistan government is. The government spend 4% of GDP on military, as high as the much richer USA do!! In % of GDP USA and Pakistan have among the highest military spendings in the world!
But in health the countries are very different! US spends 15% of GDP on Health (highest in the world) and of this the US government spends 7% of GDP on health;Ā whereasĀ Pakistani health spending is only 2% the mostĀ dramaticĀ is that the government contribution is less than one fifth of that,Ā meaningĀ 0.4% of GDP.
THEĀ PAKISTANIĀ GOVERNMENT SPENDS TEN TIMES MORE ON MILITARY THAN ON HEALTH! THAT IS A REMARKABLE PROPORTION! See the relations here in Gapminder World where countries are bubbles,Ā verticalĀ is health spending ,Ā horizontalĀ military spending and color percent of health spending from government, blue represents the lowest range and brown the highest range of governmentĀ proportionĀ in health spending. www.bit.ly/iKRzKL
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