Which 2 Nations Received 75% Of America's $5.9 Billion Foreign Military Financing?
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Με άλλα λόγια ξέρει οτι κάποιες χώρες έχουν λάβει $5.9 δισ.$ από τους δικούς του κόπους, από τον πλούτο της δικής του χώρας , απλά και μόνο γιά να αλληλοσκοτωθούν; Και κάθεται και δεν αντιδρά; Ξέρει και νομίζει ότι έτσι αναπτύσσεται η οικονομία; Ξέρει και βρίσκεται σε άρνηση ; Δεν ξέρει και δεν καταλαβαίνει ;.... ;
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According to the U.S. State Government 2013-2015 Foreign Assistance report, an estimated $5.9 billion was spent on foreign military funding alone in fiscal year 2014. This is equivalent to 17% of the estimated $35 billion spent on total global aid discussed in our previous article. U.S. foreign military aid to countries ranged from $200,000 to $3.1 billion. Of the top 10 recipients, two countries received 75% of the $5.9 billion.
Take a look on the map below to see who is getting the most foreign military financing from the U.S....
Below is a ranking of the the top 10 recipients and their respective world regions.
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Israel: $3.1B (Middle East)
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Egypt: $1.3B (Africa)
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Iraq: $300M (Middle East)
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Jordan: $300M (Middle East)
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Pakistan: $280M (Asia)
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Lebanon: $75M (Middle East)
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Philippines: $50M (Asia)
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Colombia: $29M (Latin America)
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Tunisia: $20M (Africa)
Funding by World Region
Approached from a different perspective, approximately 87%
of the $5.9 billion was distributed among two of five world regions. The
Middle East tops this list, followed by Africa.
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Middle East: 64%
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Africa: 23%
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Asia: 7%
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General Programs: 4%
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Europe: 1%
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Latin America: 1%
An interesting point to note is that while the Latin
American region received only 1% of foreign military financing, Colombia
made the top 10 list with $28 million. The second highest recipient in
Latin America was Mexico, with $7 million of U.S. funding. On the other
hand, Africa received roughly 23% of military aid; however, five African
countries made the bottom of the list, receiving $200,000 each (Cote
d’Ivoire, Guinea, Botswana, Tanzania, and Uganda). Of the 74 countries
that received U.S. foreign military funding, not all received aid in
proportion to its geographic region.
Past, Present, and Future
Allocation of foreign military financing may differ over
time as the social, economic, and political climate changes across the
globe. In the past three years; however, foreign military financing has
been relatively consistent, with $5.7 and $5.9 billion distributed in
2013 and 2014, respectively, and $5.6 billion requested in
2015. Additionally, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Pakistan
made the top 5 in all three years, receiving roughly the same amount of
aid year over year. It is difficult to predict future
foreign military financing allocations; however, if remaining
consistent, five countries will receive approximately 89% of these
distributions, leaving 69 other countries to receive the remaining 11%
of funds
Source: HowMuch.net