Who has the most nuclear assets in the Middle East? Whose power is waning, whose increasing? Economic, demographic and military indicators establish the pecking order for 232 countries analyzed in this yearbook, with estimates of all nuclear arsenals including rarely published data on non-signatory nations.The numbers are derived from objective sources to the extent possible, and are pesented in clear tabular formats.The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies, or trigger wars, may be discerned from the statistical tables presented in this novel yearbook. This statistical annual presents fundamental data in three sections: (1) Quality of Life, (2) Balance of Power, and (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960.It contains data that is generally not available elsewhere. Sections 1 and 2 give statistics for 232 countries. The World Bank and Encyclopedia Britannica provide statistical data for a maximum of about 160 countries. The CIA World Factbook gives limited and imprecise data for about 230 countries. The author has managed to increase the number of countries tallied by writing proprietary software utilizing statistical regressions, selecting data which, first of all, is important and, second, which allows for high correlation coefficients for these regressions.Section 2 includes data about nuclear delivery systems and the number of nuclear warheads of all nuclear powers. This is based on information from reputable sources. Among others, it includes estimates of the Israeli nuclear arsenal which usually do not appear in the press.Official estimates of Russian military expenditures distributed by US and British intelligence communities claim to give a picture of military expenditures of the countries of the world at market exchange rates; at the same time, they apparently cite Russian military expense figures at purchasing power parities, thus inflating these numbers in comparison to those of other countries. Such deceptive practices of the Anglo-American intelligence services are counter-balanced by presenting two different tables, showing military expenditures estimates both at market exchange rates and by purchasing power parities.Section 3 gives data on the topic of health care. It seems that public health expenditures as a share of total health expenditures has a stronger correlation with the comparative level (and the rates of improvement) of the main health care indicators than the absolute level (measured as a percent of GDP) of total health expenditures. The data demonstrates that the US has the lowest public health expenditure of developed market economies and is increasingly lagging behind other countries by main health care indicators. The recent legislation that was intended to provide greater access to health care for people in the US was furiously attacked by opponents who suspected it would entail some sort of tax increase that would hurt the economy. Surprisingly enough, the empirical data for developed market economies does not seem to support the popular idea that low taxes are strongly correlated with higher rates of growth; thus the data sheds light on modern ideological debates about the share of taxation in GDP and its influence on rates of growth.This volume is streamlined from 2008 and updated for 2011.
Author(s): Alexander V Avakov
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 203
Tags: Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Оружие массового поражения;Ядерное вооружение;
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
REGIONS......Page 18
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 20
TABLE 1.1 GROSS NATIONAL INCOME AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES PER CAPITA, 2008......Page 22
TABLE 1.2 INFANT MORTALITY, RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 2008......Page 28
TABLE 1.3 EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH, AVERAGE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY, 2008......Page 34
TABLE 1.4 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES......Page 40
OF THE ECONOMIC QUALITY‑OF‑LIFE INDICATORS, 2008......Page 46
TABLE 1.6 SOCIETAL INTEGRATION INDEX, INTENSITY OF OPEN POLITICAL PROCESS, 2008......Page 52
TABLE 1.7 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS INDEX, 2008......Page 58
TABLE 1.8 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, 2007......Page 64
TABLE 1.9 GINI COEFFICIENT OF INCOME INEQUALITY, 2008......Page 70
TABLE 1.10 HUMAN RIGHTS INDEX, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF THE POLITICAL QUALITY‑OF‑LIFE INDICATORS, 2008......Page 76
TABLE 1.11 ECONOMICO‑POLITICAL QUALITY‑OF‑LIFE INDEX, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL QUALITY‑OF‑LIFE INDICATORS, 2008......Page 82
TABLE 2.1 POPULATION, THOUSANDS, 2008......Page 88
TABLE 2.2 GDP AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2008......Page 94
TABLE 2.3 GNI AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2008......Page 100
TABLE 2.4 ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL, THOUSANDS, 2010......Page 106
TABLE 2.5 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AS SHARE OF GDP, PERCENT, 2008......Page 112
TABLE 2.6 FOREIGN MILITARY AID, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2008......Page 118
TABLE 2.7 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES PLUS FOREIGN MILITARY AID, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2008......Page 124
TABLE 2.8 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES PLUS FOREIGN MILITARY AID, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2008......Page 132
TABLE 2.9 - OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS, 2009-2010......Page 138
TABLE 2.11 – OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2009-2010, SUB-STRATEGIC, 10(BULL), 09(BULL), 09(SIPRI), 08(BULL)......Page 151
TABLE 2.12 – OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2009-2010, TOTAL STRATEGIC AND SUB-STRATEGIC......Page 152
TABLE 2.13 – STATES POSSESSING, PURSUING OR CAPABLE OF ACQUIRING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 2010......Page 153
TABLE 3.1.1 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES,YEAR 1970......Page 158
TABLE 3.1.2 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980......Page 159
TABLE 3.1.3 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1990......Page 160
TABLE 3.1.4 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2000......Page 161
TABLE 3.1.5 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2008......Page 162
TABLE 3.1.6 GROWTH RATES OF GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, 1970‑2008......Page 163
TABLE 3.2.1 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1970......Page 164
TABLE 3.2.2 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980......Page 165
TABLE 3.2.3 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1990......Page 166
TABLE 3.2.4 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2000......Page 167
TABLE 3.2.5 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2008......Page 168
TABLE 3.2.6 GROWTH RATES OF GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, 1970‑2008......Page 169
TABLE 3.3.1 INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1960......Page 170
TABLE 3.3.2 INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1970......Page 171
TABLE 3.3.3 INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980......Page 172
TABLE 3.3.4 INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1990......Page 173
TABLE 3.3.5 INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2000......Page 174
TABLE 3.3.6 INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2008......Page 175
TABLE 3.3.7 DECREASE RATES OF INFANT MORTALITY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, 1960‑2008......Page 176
TABLE 3.4.1 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1960......Page 177
TABLE 3.4.2 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1970......Page 178
TABLE 3.4.3 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980......Page 179
TABLE 3.4.4 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1990......Page 180
TABLE 3.4.5 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2000......Page 181
TABLE 3.4.6 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2008......Page 182
TABLE 3.4.7 GROWTH RATES OF LIFE EXPECTANCY OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, 1960‑2008......Page 183
TABLE 3.5.1 TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES AS PERCENT OF GDP, YEAR 2007......Page 184
TABLE 3.5.2 PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES AS PERCENT OF TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES, YEAR 2007......Page 185
TABLE 3.6.1 TAXES AS SHARE OF GDP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1970......Page 186
TABLE 3.6.2 TAXES AS SHARE OF GDP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980......Page 187
TABLE 3.6.3 TAXES AS SHARE OF GDP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1990......Page 188
TABLE 3.6.4 TAXES AS SHARE OF GDP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2000......Page 189
TABLE 3.6.5 TAXES AS SHARE OF GDP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2008......Page 190
TABLE 3.6.6 GROWTH RATES OF TAXES AS SHARE OF GDP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, 1970‑2008......Page 191
Appendix: Methodology and Definitions......Page 192
References......Page 202
