!77. If income per capita and military spenaling in cNp are negatively correlated,one would expect the figures to be relatively high in the upper right andLower left quadrants of the table, and relatively low in th; upper left andlower right. There is a 61ight tendency in this direction, but a formalstatistical test for thls relationship. the chi-square test, results in nosignificant relation between the varlables of any conmonly accepted significancelevel. The same test applied to the income and military spendlng of 7i countriesfor 1979 and 1.981. yielded similar results.differentA/40/5r9 English Page 188 Table 66, Distribution by region of world and share of I,UEX in GDP in 1970 prices and exchange ra tes )military exPenditure (MIEx) and 1980 (constant 1978 Reqi.onMilitary expendi tu r e (MrEX) in $Us bi Il ion 1970 1980Distribution of MIEX by region, Dercentaqe 1970 1980Share of l4IEx in GDP, percentage 1970 1980 Tocal, developed countries a/ TotaI, developing count r ies wesl Asia b/ South Asia East Asia c/ Afr ica d/ Latin Amer ica Others e/ Worl-d tota 1349 .7 66 .9 6.3 3.4 4 {.I 6.8 4.8 416.6JdJ. b r10.4 28.75.r ln q 3.2 494 .083.9 r6 .0 0.8 l0 .5't.' I.I 0.3 100 .022.3 5-tl 1.0 II.2 2.2 1.4 100.05.at 4.3 2.9 12.8 3.'l 1.4 6.r4.6 5.6 r2.0 .'.I 8.2 3.8 L.2 4.8 Source: Wor ld 198l statistical Yearbook, united Nations' I983, and Department Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. Z/ Includes all OECD countries, South Africa and Israel and all Warsaw TreaEy countr i"es. \/ Middle East minus Egypt and Israel. 9/ ExcLudes Japan but includes china- !/ Includes Egypt and excludes south Africa. g/ Inqludes Yugoslavia and developing countries of oceani'a 'A/40/5l9 English Page189 Table67.Numberofcountries in16groupscross-calculated by percapita GDPandpercentage ofmilitary spending inGDPin1982 percentage of mUitary GDPpercapita spending inGNPLow Lowmiddle Highmiddle High Total Low 2 4 5 8 19 Lowmiddle 5 4 4 5 18 Highmiddle 7 4 7 4 22 High 5 6 6 1 18 Total 19 18 22 18 77 378.Asecond waytolookattherelation between military spending andpercapita GDPistoestimate thepercentage changeinmilitary spending percapitathatwould result froma 1percentchangeinGDPpercapita. Theseestimates, for
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the relationship between military spending and economic development, specifically in relation to per capita GDP. The tables provided show the distribution of military expenditure by region and the percentage of military spending in GDP for different countries. The text also mentions the estimation of percentage change in military spending per capita that would result from a 1% change in GDP per capita. This suggests that the text is more focused on the economic and development aspects of military spending rather than its impact on other areas such as natural resources, environment, or humanitarian aid.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade