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Rank country (% of GDP) Date of Information 1 Lesotho 13.00 2008 2 Cuba 12.90 2010 3 Marshall Islands 12.20 2004 4 Kiribati 11.60 2002 5 Palau 10.30 2002 6 Timor-Leste 10.10 2011 7 Denmark 8.70 2009 8 Moldova 8.60 2011 9 Djibouti 8.40 2007 10 Namibia 8.30 2010 11 Swaziland 8.20 2011 12 Ghana 8.20 2011 13 Cyprus 7.90 2009 14 Iceland 7.80 2009 15 Botswana 7.80 2009 16 Bolivia 7.60 2010 17 Comoros 7.60 2008 18 Barbados 7.50 2010 19 Solomon Islands 7.30 2010 20 Sweden 7.30 2009 21 Norway 7.30 2009 22 New Zealand 7.20 2010 23 Maldives 7.20 2011 24 Finland 6.80 2009 25 Kenya 6.70 2010 26 Aruba 6.70 2010 27 Belize 6.60 2010 28 Belgium 6.60 2009 29 Vietnam 6.60 2010 30 Ireland 6.50 2009 31 Jamaica 6.40 2010 32 Costa Rica 6.30 2009 33 Congo, Republic of the 6.20 2010 34 Tanzania 6.20 2009 35 Tunisia 6.20 2010 36 Burundi 6.10 2011 37 Estonia 6.10 2009 38 South Africa 6.00 2010 39 Austria 6.00 2009 40 France 5.90 2009 41 Israel 5.90 2009 42 Netherlands 5.90 2009 43 Montserrat 5.80 2009 44 Argentina 5.80 2010 45 Samoa 5.80 2008 46 Portugal 5.80 2009 47 Kyrgyzstan 5.80 2010 48 Lithuania 5.70 2009 49 Slovenia 5.70 2009 50 Senegal 5.60 2010 51 Saudi Arabia 5.60 2008 52 United Kingdom 5.60 2009 53 Brazil 5.60 2009 54 Cabo Verde 5.60 2010 55 Mongolia 5.50 2011 56 Morocco 5.40 2009 57 Malawi 5.40 2011 58 Benin 5.40 2010 59 Malta 5.40 2009 60 United States 5.40 2009 61 Switzerland 5.40 2009 62 Belarus 5.30 2011 63 Mexico 5.30 2009 64 Ukraine 5.30 2007 65 Yemen 5.20 2008 66 Vanuatu 5.20 2009 67 Hungary 5.10 2009 68 Germany 5.10 2009 69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.10 2010 70 Malaysia 5.10 2010 71 Australia 5.10 2009 72 Poland 5.10 2009 73 Syria 5.10 2009 74 Korea, South 5.10 2009 75 Latvia 5.00 2010 76 Mozambique 5.00 2006 77 Spain 5.00 2009 78 Canada 5.00 2009 79 Ecuador 4.90 2010 80 Seychelles 4.80 2006 81 Rwanda 4.80 2011 82 Mali 4.80 2011 83 Bhutan 4.70 2011 84 Serbia 4.70 2010 85 Nicaragua 4.70 2010 86 Nepal 4.70 2010 87 Italy 4.70 2009 88 Iran 4.70 2010 89 Ethiopia 4.70 2010 90 Cote d'Ivoire 4.60 2008 91 Togo 4.60 2011 92 Bulgaria 4.60 2009 93 Colombia 4.50 2011 94 Niger 4.50 2011 95 Czech Republic 4.40 2009 96 Saint Lucia 4.40 2011 97 Croatia 4.40 2009 98 British Virgin Islands 4.30 2010 99 Kosovo 4.30 2008 100 Algeria 4.30 2008 101 Romania 4.30 2009 102 Oman 4.30 2009 103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.20 2007 104 Chile 4.20 2010 105 Greece 4.10 2005 106 Fiji 4.10 2011 107 Panama 4.10 2011 108 Paraguay 4.10 2010 109 Slovakia 4.10 2009 110 Russia 4.10 2008 111 Burkina Faso 4.00 2010 112 Gambia, The 3.90 2011 113 Grenada 3.90 2003 114 Mauritania 3.90 2011 115 Tajikistan 3.90 2011 116 Tonga 3.90 2004 117 Egypt 3.80 2008 118 Luxembourg 3.80 2001 119 Thailand 3.80 2010 120 Kuwait 3.80 2006 121 Japan 3.80 2010 122 Mauritius 3.70 2010 123 Guyana 3.60 2011 124 Venezuela 3.60 2007 125 Sierra Leone 3.60 2011 126 Dominica 3.50 2010 127 Angola 3.50 2010 128 Anguilla 3.50 2008 129 Hong Kong 3.40 2011 130 El Salvador 3.40 2011 131 India 3.30 2010 132 Singapore 3.30 2012 133 Brunei 3.30 2012 134 Uganda 3.30 2012 135 Laos 3.30 2010 136 Armenia 3.20 2010 137 Cameroon 3.20 2011 138 Cook Islands 3.20 2011 139 Kazakhstan 3.10 2009 140 Guinea 3.10 2011 141 Indonesia 3.00 2010 142 Bahrain 2.90 2008 143 Andorra 2.90 2010 144 Uruguay 2.90 2006 145 Turkey 2.90 2006 146 Chad 2.90 2011 147 Liberia 2.80 2008 148 Azerbaijan 2.80 2010 149 Guatemala 2.80 2010 150 Madagascar 2.80 2011 151 Philippines 2.70 2009 152 Georgia 2.70 2011 153 Cambodia 2.60 2010 154 Bermuda 2.60 2010 155 Peru 2.60 2011 156 Macau 2.60 2010 157 Qatar 2.50 2008 158 Zimbabwe 2.50 2011 159 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.50 2010 160 Antigua and Barbuda 2.50 2009 161 Pakistan 2.40 2010 162 Dominican Republic 2.20 2007 163 Bangladesh 2.20 2009 164 Eritrea 2.10 2006 165 Liechtenstein 2.10 2008 166 Sri Lanka 2.00 2010 167 Lebanon 1.70 2011 168 Zambia 1.40 2008 169 Central African Republic 1.20 2011 170 Monaco 1.20 2009 171 United Arab Emirates 1.10 2004 172 Burma 0.80 2011 173 Equatorial Guinea 0.60 2003
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