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				Afghanistan | NA% | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Albania | 1.5% (FY99) | 1.49% (FY02) | 
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				Algeria | 4.1% (FY99) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Angola | 22% (1999) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | NA% | NA | 
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				Argentina | 1.3% (FY99) | 1.3% (FY00) | 
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				Armenia | 4% (FY99) | 6.5% (FY01) | 
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				Australia | 1.9% (FY98/99) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Austria | 1.2% (FY98) | 0.9% (2004) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 2.6% (FY99) | 2.6% (FY99) | 
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				Bahamas, The | NA% | NA | 
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				Bahrain | 5.2% (FY99) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 1.8% (FY96/97) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Barbados | NA% | NA | 
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				Belarus | 1.2% (FY98) | 1.4% (FY02) | 
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				Belgium | 1.2% (FY99) | 1.3% (2003) | 
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				Belize | 2.4% (FY98/99) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Benin | 1.2% (FY96) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | NA% | 0.11% (FY00/01) | 
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				Bhutan | NA% | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 1.8% (FY99) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA% | 4.5% (FY02) | 
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				Botswana | 1.2% (FY99) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 1.9% (FY99) | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Brunei | 5.1% (FY98) | 5.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bulgaria | 2.4% (FY00) | 2.6% (2003) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 2% (FY96) | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burma | 2.1% (FY97/98) | 2.1% (FY97) | 
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				Burundi | 6.1% (FY97) | 5.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 3% (FY01 est.) | 3% (FY01 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 1.4% (FY98/99) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Canada | 1.3% (FY00/01) | 1.1% (2003) | 
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				Cape Verde | 1.8% (FY96) | 0.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Central African Republic | 2.2% (FY96) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Chad | 3.5% (FY96) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Chile | 3.1% (FY99) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				China | 1.2% (FY99) | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Colombia | 3.4% (FY00) | 3.4% (FY01) | 
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				Comoros | NA% | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.6% (FY97) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 3.8% (FY93) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 1.6% (FY99) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | 1% (FY96) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 3.8% (2000) | 2.39% (2002 est.) | 
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				Cuba | roughly 4% (FY95 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | 4.2% (FY00) | 3.8% (FY02) | 
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				Czech Republic | 2.2% (FY01) | 1.81% FY05 | 
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				Denmark | 1.4% (FY99) | 1.5% (2004) | 
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				Djibouti | 4.5% (FY97) | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Dominica | NA% | NA | 
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				Dominican Republic | 1.1% (FY98) | 0% (2002 est.) | 
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				East Timor | - | NA | 
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				Ecuador | 3.4% (FY98) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 4.1% (FY99/00) | 3.4% (2004) | 
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				El Salvador | 0.7% (FY99) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 0.6% (FY97/98) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 29.4% (2000 est.) | 17.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 1.2% (FY99) | 2% (2002 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 2.5% (FY98/99) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA% | NA | 
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				Faroe Islands | NA% | NA | 
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				Fiji | 1.1% (FY98) | 2.2% (FY02) | 
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				Finland | 2% (FY98) | 2% (FY98/99) | 
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				France | 2.5% (FY97) | 2.6% FY06 (2005 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | NA% | NA | 
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				Gabon | 1.6% (FY96) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 2% (FY96/97) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | NA% | NA | 
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				Georgia | 0.59% (FY00) | 0.59% (FY00) | 
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				Germany | 1.5% (FY98) | 1.5% (2003) | 
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				Ghana | 0.7% (FY99) | 0.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Greece | 4.91% (FY99/00 est.) | 4.3% (2003) | 
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				Grenada | NA% | NA | 
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				Guatemala | 0.6% (FY99) | 0.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guinea | 1.4% (FY96) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | 2.8% (FY96) | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 1.7% (FY94) | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Haiti | NA% | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 0.6% (FY99) | 2.55% (2005 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | NA% | NA | 
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				Hungary | 1.6% (FY00) | 1.75% (2002 est.) | 
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				Iceland | - | 0% | 
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				India | 2.5% (FY00) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 1.3% (FY98/99) | 3% (2004) | 
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				Iran | 2.9% (FY98/99) | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Iraq | NA% | NA | 
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				Ireland | 0.75% (2001 est.) | 0.9% (FY00/01) | 
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				Israel | 9.4% (FY99) | 7.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Italy | 1.7% (FY00/01) | 1.8% (2004) | 
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				Jamaica | NA% | 0.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Japan | 0.96% (FY01) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Jordan | 7.8% (FY98/99) | 11.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 1.5% (FY99) | 0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02) | 
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				Kenya | 1.9% (FY98/99) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | NA% | NA | 
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				Korea, North | 25% to 33% (FY98 est.) | NA | 
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				Korea, South | 3.2% (FY98/99) | 2.6% FY05 (2005 est.) | 
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				Kuwait | 8.7% (FY00/01) | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 1% (FY99) | 1.4% (FY01) | 
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				Laos | 4.2% (FY96/97) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 0.9% (FY99) | 1.2% (FY01) | 
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				Lebanon | 4.8% (FY99/00) | 3.1% (2004) | 
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				Lesotho | NA% | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Liberia | 2% (FY98) | 7.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Libya | 3.9% (FY99/00) | 3.9% (FY99) | 
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				Lithuania | 1.66% (FY00) | 1.9% (FY01) | 
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				Luxembourg | 1% (FY98/99) | 0.9% (2003) | 
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				Macedonia | - | 6% (FY01/02 est.) | 
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				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 2.17% (FY00/01) | - | 
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				Madagascar | 1% (FY94) | 7.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 0.76% (FY00/01) | 0.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 2.03% (FY00) | 2.03% (FY00) | 
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				Maldives | NA% | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mali | 2% (FY96) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malta | 5.5% (FY98) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | NA% | NA | 
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				Mauritania | 2.7% (FY97/98) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 0.3% (FY97/98) | 0.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mexico | 1% (FY99) | 0.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 1% (FY99) | 0.4% (FY02) | 
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				Mongolia | 2.3% (FY01) | 2.2% (FY02) | 
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				Morocco | 4% (FY99/00) | 5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 1% (2000 est.) | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 2.6% (FY97/98) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nauru | NA% | NA | 
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				Nepal | 0.9% (FY96/97) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 1.5% (FY00/01 est.) | 1.6% (2004) | 
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				New Caledonia | 5.3% (1996) | NA | 
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				New Zealand | 1.1% (FY97/98) | 1% (FY02) | 
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				Nicaragua | 1.2% (FY98) | 0.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Niger | 1.1% (FY96) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 10% (FY00) | 0.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Norway | 2.1% (FY98) | 1.9% (2003) | 
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				Oman | 13% (FY00) | 11.4% (2003) | 
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				Pakistan | 3.9% (FY99/00) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Palau | NA% | NA | 
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				Panama | 1.3% (FY99) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 1% (FY98) | 1.4% (FY02) | 
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				Paraguay | 1.4% (FY98) | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Peru | 1.9% (FY00) | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 1.5% (FY98) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Poland | 1.95% (FY00) | 1.71% (2002) | 
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				Portugal | 2.6% (FY97) | 2.3% (2003) | 
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				Qatar | 10% (FY00/01) | 10% (FY00) | 
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				Romania | 2.2% (FY00) | 2.47% (2002) | 
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				Russia | NA% | NA | 
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				Rwanda | 3.2% (FY01) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA% | NA | 
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				Saint Lucia | 2% (FY91/92) | NA | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA% | NA | 
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				Samoa | NA% | NA | 
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				San Marino | NA% | NA | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 1.5% (FY94) | 0.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 13% (FY00) | 10% (2002) | 
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				Senegal | 1.4% (FY97) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Seychelles | 2.8% (FY93) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sierra Leone | 2% (FY96/97) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 4.5% (FY00/01 est.) | 4.9% (FY01) | 
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				Slovakia | 1.71% (FY00) | 1.87% FY05 (2005) | 
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				Slovenia | 1.7% (FY00) | 1.7% (FY00) | 
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				Solomon Islands | NA% | NA | 
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				Somalia | NA% | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 1.5% (FY99/00) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Spain | 1.1% (FY97) | 1.2% (2003) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 4.2% (FY98) | 2.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sudan | NA% | 3% (1999) (2004) | 
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				Suriname | 1.6% (FY97 est.) | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Swaziland | 4.75% (FY00/01) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 2.1% (FY98) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 1.2% (FY98) | 1% (FY01) | 
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				Syria | 5.9% (FY98) | 5.9% (FY00) | 
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				Taiwan | 2.8% (FY98/99) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 1.8% (FY97) | 3.9% (FY01) | 
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				Tanzania | 0.2% (FY98/99) | 0.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 1.4% (FY00) | 1.8% (2003) | 
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				Togo | 2% (FY96) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tonga | NA% | NA | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | NA% | 0.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 1.5% (FY99) | 1.5% (FY99) | 
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				Turkey | 5.6% (FY99) | 5.3% (2003) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 3.4% (FY99) | 3.4% (FY99) | 
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				Tuvalu | NA% | NA | 
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				Uganda | 1.9% (FY98/99) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 1.4% (FY99) | 1.4% (FY02) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 3.1% (FY00) | 3.1% (FY00) | 
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				United Kingdom | 2.7% (FY97) | 2.4% (2003) | 
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				United States | 3.2% (FY99 est.) | 4.06% (FY03 est.) (2005 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 0.9% (FY98) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 2% (FY97) | 2% (FY97) | 
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				Vanuatu | NA% | NA | 
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				Venezuela | 0.9% (FY99) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 2.5% (FY98) | 2.5% (FY98) | 
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				West Bank | NA% | NA | 
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				Western Sahara | NA% | - | 
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				World | roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.) | roughly 2% of gross world product (2005 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 7.6% (FY99) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Yugoslavia | NA% | - | 
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				Zambia | 1.8% (FY97) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | 3.1% (FY99/00) | 4% (2005 est.) |