Iraq

Iran

Southwest Asia and North Africa

A map of the world highlighting Iraq and Iran with ethnic regions: Kurds in northern Iraq (light lavender), Sunni Arabs in northwestern Iraq (peach), Shiite Arabs in southern Iraq (lavender), Persians in eastern Iran (orange), and Turkmen near Iran’s border (pink).

Ethnic Groups (Iraq and Iran)

nature

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Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows military expenditures. Dark green (more than 6 percent): Algeria, Saudi Arabia. Green to light green (2 to 6 percent): Russia, U S A., India, Iran. Very light green (less than 2 percent): Canada, parts of Europe, Parts of Africa and Asia.

Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP, by country

Countries

World

World Bank

Military Expenditures

Percent of GDP

American Samoa (U.S.)

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

Niue (New Zealand)

Norfolk I. (Australia)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Ethnic Groups (Iraq and Iran)								Military Expenditures			Diamond Production by Country
Azeri	Baluchi	Kurd	Persian	Shiite Arab	Sunni Arab	Shiite and Sunni Arab	Sparsely populated	Class	Rank	Percent of GDP	Class	Rank	Thousand carats











1.02%	10.7%	7.45%	35.3%	6.77%	13.7%	1.03%	2.77%