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Table 5Profile of military spendingAfghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Iran (I.R.) Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri LankaDefence expenditure(US$ million, 1993 prices)–1985 N.A. 308 N.A. 7,207 N.A. N.A. 22 2,088 214–1999 500 9,520 50 2,820 570Defence expenditure N.A. 3.5 N.A. 2.0 N.A. N.A. 6.0 2.2 7.2annual % increase –(1985–1999)Military expenditure N.A. 1.3 N.A. 2.4 3.8 N.A. 0.9 4.5 4.5(as a % of GDP) 2000Defence expenditure(as a % of centralgovernment expenditure)–1980 N.A. 9.4 N.A. 19.8 N.A. N.A. 6.7 30.6 1.7–1999 3.9 9.5 2.1 21.0 30.3Regional Human Development ReportHIV/AIDS and Development in South Asia 2003 189Public expen- N.A. 2.2^ 4.13.2 4.0 6.4 3.2 2.7 3.4diture oneducation(as % ofGNP)1995–97Public expen- N.A. 1.7 3.2 N.A. 1.7 3.7 1.3 0.7# 1.7#diture onhealth(as % of GDP)1998Defence expenditure(as a % of education andhealth expenditure)–1960 N.A. N.A. N.A. 68 N.A. N.A. 67 393 17–1995 46 57 22 181 100Note: N.A. indicates not availableSource: Rows 1,2,4: MHHDC, 2002; Rows 3, 5, 6: UNDP, 2002; Row 7: MHHDC, 2001Statistical Tables