But even that figure would be less than 1 percent of gross national product for the first time in two decades.
The gross national product grew by 360% between 1965 and 1986.
The gross national product rose 6.7 percent over the same period.
The current gross national product is at about the level of 30 years ago.
The gross national product should grow 2.5 percent next year, the same as in the second half of 1989.
Our defense budget today is 7 percent of the gross national product.
In 1981, Japan spent more than 5 percent of its gross national product on oil.
It is now 6.1 percent of the gross national product.
The gross national product is up 5.2 percent, to about $2.2 million.
Its gross national product has been growing by 5.5 % over the last four or five years.
