Allied Contributions to the Common Defense 2003: Covers Allied Contributions in 2003

This Statistical Compendium covers allied contributions made during calendar year 2003 and encompasses all of the data that was presented in the Annexes included in past years’ Responsibility Sharing Reports. Please note that data provided in previous reports on nations’ contributions to the War on Terrorism is now provided in a separate Report entitled International Contributions to the War on Terrorism. This Compendium is organized into five sections, as described below. A. Data Notes. This section presents sources and notes pertaining to the data summarized in this Statistical Compendium. B. Country Summaries. This section provides summary information for responsibility sharing contributions on a country-by-country basis. C. Selected Indicators. Data upon which many of the Compendium’s assessments are based involve a comparison of a country’s contributions relative to its ability to contribute. This section provides the data upon which this analysis is based. D. Additional Statistics. This section provides data values upon which many of the Selected Indicators are based. Most of the tables in this section also provide information such as subtotals and shares. E. Selected Tables and Graphs. This section illustrates defense spending and cost sharing contributions in tabular and graphic form.