Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia is the largest non-NATO contributor to Ukraine. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Researcher at the Kiel Institute André Frank told Fact Check in an email that the tracker does not represent an exhaustive list of all donors that had provided support.Nevertheless, it represented the most comprehensive data set available, Dr Sussex said.The most recent update was published on July 6, a day before Mr Albanese's claim on Sky News.
The tracker contains 14 non-NATO donors: Australia; Austria; China; Cyprus; Finland; India; Ireland; Japan; Malta; New Zealand; South Korea; Sweden; Switzerland; and Taiwan. Measured as a proportion of GDP, Australia's 233 million euro commitment represented 0.019 per cent of its GDP.As a proportion of GDP, Sweden is also the leader with its commitments accounting for 0.174 per cent — more than nine times that of Australia.By breaking these categories down, the rankings are significantly altered.
On the same basis, when considered as a proportion of GDP, Japan slips to third place behind Finland and Sweden. On the basis of the euro value of bilateral military aid only, the data does show Australia as the leader. "Old stocks of ammunition may be valued at close to zero on your books but be very valuable to the Ukrainians in the fight."Furthermore, eight of the 14 non-NATO donors in the data set provided no military aid.
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