A large share of the UNs expenditure addresses its core mission of peace and security, and this budget is assessed separately from the main organizational budget. The peacekeeping budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year was $8.27 billion, supporting 82,318 troops deployed in 15 missions around the world. UN peace operations are funded by assessments, using a formula derived from the regular funding scale that includes a weighted surcharge for the five permanent Security Council members, who must approve all peacekeeping operations. This surcharge serves to offset discounted peacekeeping assessment rates for less developed countries. In 2017, the top 8 providers of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations were the United States  (28.47%), China  (10.25%), Japan  (9.68%), Germany  (6.39%), France  (6.28%), United Kingdom  (5.77%), Russian Federation  (3.99%) and Italy  (3.75%).

Question: Which countries are the top two contributors to peace keeping finances in the world?
Answer: United States

Question: Which country more than quadruples France's peace keeping funding?
Answer: United States

Question: Which of the top 8 financial providers contribute less than 4%?
Answer: Russian Federation

Question: Is Japan in the top half or bottom of contributors to peace funding by percentage?
Answer: top half

Question: How many countries contribute more than $8.27 billion in peacekeeping funds?
Answer: 5

Question: What are the two components of the UNs expenditures, which are addressed separately?
Answer: peace and security

Question: Who is the smallest provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: Italy

Question: How many more percent did China contribute to financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations than Germany?
Answer: 3.86

Question: How many more percent toward financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations did the largest contributor contribute than the smallest contributor?
Answer: 24.72

Question: Which country was the second most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: China

Question: Which country was the third most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: Japan

Question: Which country was the fourth most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: Germany

Question: Which country was the fifth most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: France

Question: Which country was the sixth most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: United Kingdom

Question: Which country was the seventh most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: Russian Federation

Question: Which country was the eighth most important provider of assessed financial contributions to Peacekeeping operations?
Answer: Italy