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[Torillian]

Barozi said:

Torillian said:

So the US is spending 6 million per 1 trillion GDP while China is spending 4.75 using the same units. Honestly doesn't sound that bad. Where is Trump getting his 500 million number he likes to throw around for US WHO spending?

The numbers above only show the membership fee.

The vast majority of the budget comes from voluntary donations.

I see, so there's a better idea of it here:

https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/who-top-contrib-20200415/

which shows that China hasn't done any notable amount of voluntary contributions.