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Rank country (% of GDP) Date of Information 1 Lesotho 13.00 2008 2 Cuba 12.80 2010 3 Marshall Islands 12.20 2003 4 Kiribati 12.00 2001 5 Botswana 9.50 2009 6 Sao Tome and Principe 9.50 2010 7 Timor-Leste 9.40 2011 8 Denmark 8.70 2009 9 Namibia 8.40 2010 10 Moldova 8.40 2012 11 Djibouti 8.40 2007 12 Swaziland 8.30 2011 13 Ghana 8.10 2011 14 Iceland 7.60 2010 15 Comoros 7.60 2008 16 New Zealand 7.40 2012 17 Palau 7.30 2002 18 Solomon Islands 7.30 2010 19 Cyprus 7.30 2010 20 Sweden 7.00 2010 21 Norway 6.90 2010 22 Venezuela 6.90 2009 23 Malta 6.90 2010 24 Bolivia 6.90 2011 25 Kyrgyzstan 6.80 2011 26 Maldives 6.80 2011 27 Finland 6.80 2010 28 Kenya 6.70 2010 29 Belize 6.60 2010 30 Belgium 6.60 2010 31 Ireland 6.40 2010 32 Argentina 6.30 2011 33 Vietnam 6.30 2010 34 Costa Rica 6.30 2009 35 Ukraine 6.20 2011 36 United Kingdom 6.20 2010 37 Tanzania 6.20 2010 38 Tunisia 6.20 2012 39 Congo, Republic of the 6.20 2010 40 Jamaica 6.10 2012 41 Aruba 6.00 2011 42 South Africa 6.00 2010 43 France 5.90 2010 44 Austria 5.90 2010 45 Netherlands 5.90 2011 46 Malaysia 5.90 2011 47 Thailand 5.80 2011 48 Samoa 5.80 2008 49 Brazil 5.80 2010 50 Burundi 5.80 2012 51 Slovenia 5.70 2010 52 Estonia 5.70 2010 53 Senegal 5.60 2010 54 Barbados 5.60 2012 55 Portugal 5.60 2010 56 Australia 5.60 2010 57 Israel 5.60 2011 58 Mongolia 5.50 2011 59 Morocco 5.40 2009 60 Malawi 5.40 2011 61 Lithuania 5.40 2010 62 Canada 5.40 2011 63 United States 5.40 2010 64 Benin 5.30 2010 65 Poland 5.20 2010 66 Switzerland 5.20 2010 67 Yemen 5.20 2008 68 Saudi Arabia 5.10 2008 69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.10 2010 70 Syria 5.10 2009 71 Belarus 5.10 2012 72 Mexico 5.10 2009 73 Rwanda 5.10 2013 74 Germany 5.10 2010 75 Korea, South 5.00 2009 76 Cabo Verde 5.00 2011 77 Latvia 5.00 2010 78 Mozambique 5.00 2006 79 Vanuatu 5.00 2009 80 Spain 5.00 2010 81 Hungary 4.90 2010 82 Serbia 4.80 2011 83 Mali 4.80 2011 84 Paraguay 4.80 2011 85 Ethiopia 4.70 2010 86 Bhutan 4.70 2011 87 Nepal 4.70 2010 88 Nicaragua 4.60 2010 89 Cote d'Ivoire 4.60 2008 90 Chile 4.50 2012 91 Togo 4.50 2011 92 Uruguay 4.50 2011 93 Italy 4.50 2010 94 Ecuador 4.40 2012 95 Colombia 4.40 2012 96 British Virgin Islands 4.40 2010 97 Algeria 4.30 2008 98 Kosovo 4.30 2008 99 Croatia 4.30 2010 100 Oman 4.30 2009 101 Niger 4.20 2011 102 Fiji 4.20 2011 103 Slovakia 4.20 2010 104 Romania 4.20 2009 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.20 2007 106 Czech Republic 4.20 2010 107 Saint Lucia 4.10 2012 108 Bulgaria 4.10 2010 109 Gambia, The 4.10 2012 110 Russia 4.10 2008 111 Greece 4.10 2005 112 Grenada 3.90 2003 113 Tonga 3.90 2004 114 Tajikistan 3.90 2011 115 Japan 3.80 2011 116 Kuwait 3.80 2006 117 Egypt 3.80 2008 118 Luxembourg 3.70 2001 119 Iran 3.70 2012 120 Mauritania 3.70 2011 121 Seychelles 3.60 2011 122 Panama 3.50 2011 123 Mauritius 3.50 2012 124 Hong Kong 3.50 2012 125 Dominica 3.50 2010 126 Brunei 3.50 2013 127 Angola 3.50 2010 128 Burkina Faso 3.40 2011 129 El Salvador 3.40 2011 130 Albania 3.30 2007 131 Uganda 3.30 2012 132 Armenia 3.30 2012 133 Cameroon 3.20 2011 134 India 3.20 2011 135 Trinidad and Tobago 3.20 2003 136 Guyana 3.20 2012 137 Cook Islands 3.10 2011 138 Kazakhstan 3.10 2009 139 Guatemala 3.00 2012 140 Singapore 3.00 2013 141 Sierra Leone 2.90 2012 142 Turkey 2.90 2006 143 Indonesia 2.80 2011 144 Liberia 2.80 2012 145 Peru 2.80 2012 146 Anguilla 2.80 2008 147 Laos 2.80 2010 148 Macau 2.70 2011 149 Philippines 2.70 2009 150 Madagascar 2.70 2012 151 Bermuda 2.60 2010 152 Cambodia 2.60 2010 153 Bahrain 2.60 2012 154 Qatar 2.50 2008 155 Zimbabwe 2.50 2010 156 Guinea 2.50 2012 157 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.50 2010 158 Azerbaijan 2.40 2011 159 Antigua and Barbuda 2.40 2009 160 Chad 2.30 2011 161 Bangladesh 2.20 2009 162 Lebanon 2.20 2012 163 Dominican Republic 2.20 2012 164 Pakistan 2.10 2012 165 Eritrea 2.10 2006 166 Liechtenstein 2.10 2008 167 Georgia 2.00 2012 168 Sri Lanka 1.70 2012 169 Monaco 1.60 2011 170 Zambia 1.30 2008 171 Central African Republic 1.20 2011 172 Burma 0.80 2011 173 Equatorial Guinea 0.60 2002
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