Fiscal policy/Addendum

Public Expenditure 2005

Percentage of GDP

	Social expenditure	Health expenditure	Education expenditure	Military expenditure	Central government total
France	29.2	8.9	5.7	2.0	53.4
Germany	26.7	8.2	4.6	1.5	46.9
Italy	23.0	6.8	4.5	1.8	48.7
Japan	18.6	6.7	3.5	0.8	38.4
United Kingdom	21.3	8.9	5.6	2.4	44.3
United States	15.9	6.0	5.3	4.1	36.6

(Sources OECD Factbook 2009 [1], OECD Outlook No 85 [2])and CIA world factbook [3] (for education spending) [4] (for military spending)

( % of GDP )

	Japan	Italy	France	Germany	United States	United Kingdom	Average ⁽¹⁾
2007	195	107	65	65	62	44	79
2009 estimate	217	117	77	80	89	69	101
2010 estimate	226	123	84	87	100	82	110
2014 estimate	239	132	95	91	112	100	120

⁽¹⁾ average of advanced G20 countries

(Source: The State of Public Finances: A Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor, IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/, 21July 30 2009, [5])