2026-03-25 · percent of GDP
Remittances are double-digit GDP in some countries
Migrant wages sent home dwarf aid in places.
Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides military spending (population-weighted) (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Countries >10% remittances/GDP, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of GDP (0.1% of military spending (population-weighted)) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from World Bank — Military expenditure (% of GDP) put Asia & Pacific at 45.8% of military spending (population-weighted) and Africa at 24.6% — about 100 percent of GDP in this edition's rounding.
Military expenditure as percent of GDP (World Bank WDI).
Share and export
Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-03-25-pol-wb-remittances-gdp