Australia ranks 13th for defence spending

admin —  September 4, 2008 — 5 Comments

Unlucky for some?

The SMH reports that Australia’s defence budget ranks 13th globally, not a bad effort considering we rank 52nd globally on a population count. Still, 6th globally by area excluding Australian Antartic Territory (which if counted would take us to 3rd). The better figure is GDP, where we come in at 14, so the 13th spot makes sense.