Disasters > Tsunami > Funds pledged > Per $ GDP: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of September 30th 2005). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Kuwait	2.08 per $1,000	2005
2	Qatar	1.28 per $1,000	2005
3	Norway	0.958 per $1,000	2005
4	Australia	0.705 per $1,000	2005
5	Netherlands	0.649 per $1,000	2005
6	New Zealand	0.519 per $1,000	2005
7	Denmark	0.442 per $1,000	2005
8	Finland	0.432 per $1,000	2005
9	Luxembourg	0.403 per $1,000	2005
10	Canada	0.337 per $1,000	2005
11	United Arab Emirates	0.314 per $1,000	2005
12	Sweden	0.283 per $1,000	2005
13	Germany	0.268 per $1,000	2005
14	France	0.256 per $1,000	2005
15	Austria	0.255 per $1,000	2005
16	Ireland	0.207 per $1,000	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.173 per $1,000	2005
17	Bahrain	0.154 per $1,000	2005
18	Japan	0.134 per $1,000	2005
19	Switzerland	0.115 per $1,000	2005
20	Belgium	0.108 per $1,000	2005
21	Saudi Arabia	0.097 per $1,000	2005
22	Taiwan	0.087 per $1,000	2005
23	Italy	0.086 per $1,000	2005
24	Cyprus	0.081 per $1,000	2005
25	United States	0.077 per $1,000	2005
26	Portugal	0.069 per $1,000	2005
27	Greece	0.066 per $1,000	2005
28	United Kingdom	0.054 per $1,000	2005
29	Libya	0.053 per $1,000	2005
30	Czech Republic	0.052 per $1,000	2005
31	Hong Kong	0.027 per $1,000	2005
32	Singapore	0.026 per $1,000	2005
33	China	0.009 per $1,000	2005
34	India	0.007 per $1,000	2005
=35	Bulgaria	0.002 per $1,000	2005
=35	Poland	0.002 per $1,000	2005
37	Spain	0.001 per $1,000	2005

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