1. ConflictsUkraine, Israel and Algeria

   The highest military spending relative to the economy

   Ukraine — 34.5% of GDP, Israel — 8.8% of GDP, Algeria — 8% of GDP, Saudi Arabia — 7.3% of GDP, Russia — 7.1% of GDP. Military expenditure, % of GDP, latest year; countries above 5 million people.

   Source: World Bank, from SIPRIOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Ukraine: more deaths than births for over 30 years in a row
• Algeria: more and more women go to university, yet only 1 in 7 women work or seek work
• Ukraine: women outlive men by 13.3 years, 2.5 times the world average
• Algeria: 68 thousand more people died than usual in 2020–2021; officially 6,229 died of COVID
• Israel: 15-year-olds with problems from social media rose from 5% to 16%, and maths did not fall; in Norway there are fewer, and maths fell 33 points
• Israel: affiliation is broader than high importance

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