Statistik att gräva i

CDI presenterar en intressant sammanställning av statistik över försvarsutgifter idag:

"The CIA, in its unclassified World Fact Book (2007), London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) each release annual estimates of the size of defense budgets throughout the world. A comparison across sources shows significant variations on what is estimated for certain nations; for example, the data for China’s defense budget varies from $44.3 billion (SIPRI) to $81.4 billion (CIA). It is also remarkable how small the defense budgets are for many nations, especially some of those that are considered a serious threat to the United States. For example, the CIA estimates Iran’s defense budget at $4.3 billion and North Korea’s at $5 billion. The Pentagon’s budget, by comparison, is two orders of magnitude larger, and then some."

Sverige har högre utgifter än Iran (två av tre mätningar) och Pakistan.

Om man sedan går till substansen i dessa siffror, kan man fördjupa sig i följande tabell över vapensystem. Sverige listas inte, men man kan ju alltid roa sig med att producera en egen kolumn...