25 Facts on Global Military Spending

ryanallis — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:56:05 +0000

25 Facts on Global Military Spending To make it on this list a statistic must be from a trusted primary source with a clear "as of" date or a reputable secondary source that clearly lists its primary sources. All statistics are sourced and cited at the bottom of the page. Please add a comment if you find additional good sources.

Between 2000 and 2008, including supplemental war spending, U.S. military spending increased from 387 billion to 710 billion, an 83% increase. (1)
In 2007, world military expenditure reached $1.339 trillion (2)
In 2007, the USA’s military spending accounted for 45 per cent of the world total, followed by the UK, China, France and Japan. (2)
In 2007, the 15 countries with the highest military spending account for 83 per cent of the total (2)
Between 2001 and 2007 US military expenditure has increased by 59 per cent in real terms, principally because of spending on military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and due to increases in the ‘base’ defense budget. (2)
Global Military spending increased 45% between 1998 and 2007 (2)
In 2007, the United Nations and all its agencies and funds spent $24.9 billion, or about $4 for each of the world’s inhabitants (2)
In 2007, the UN’s budget was 1.86% of the world’s military expenditure (2, 3)
In 2008, world military expenditure reached 1.472 trillion (4)
In 2008, U.S. military spending was $711 billion, 48.28% of the global total, followed by China with 8.28%, Russia with 4.75%, and the UK with 3.76% (4)
In 2008, the combined military spending of the second through eighth largest military spenders (China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Germany, and Italy) was $300.2 million less than the military spending of the first largest military spender, the United States (4)
In 2008, US military spending was more than the next 46 highest spending countries in the world combined. (4)
in 2008, US military spending was 5.8 times more than China, 10.2 times more than Russia, and 98.6 times more than Iran. (4)
In 2008, US military spending is almost 55 times the spending on the six states of Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria whose spending amounts to around $13 billion. (4)
In 2008, the United States and its strongest allies (the NATO countries, Japan, South Korea and Australia) spend $1.1 trillion on their militaries combined, representing 72 percent of the world’s total. (4)
In 2009, the U.S. Military base budget was $515.4 billion in 2009 plus 135.8 billion in emergency and discretionary spending for a total of $651.2 billion. (5)
In 2006, including all military-related expenditures outside of the Department of Defense, the United States spent $934 billion on its military in 2006 (6)
In 2007, one day of spending of the U.S. Pentagon ($1.6 billion) would equal enough funds to ensure antimalarial bed net protection for every sleeping site in Africa for five years (300 million bed nets at $5 each). (7)
In 2007, the United States spent $572 billion on its military, $11 billion on international security, $14 billion on development and humanitarian aid, and $11 billion ...

25 Facts on Global Poverty

ryanallis — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:25:23 +0000

25 Sourced & Verifiable Facts on Global Poverty To make it on this list a statistic must be from a trusted primary source with a clear "as of" date. All statistics are sourced and cited at the bottom of the page.

As of 2008, 79.8% of humanity lives on less than $10 per day. (5.15 billon people) (1)
As of 2008, 48.6% of humanity lives on less than $2.50 per day. (3.14 billion people) (1)
As of 2008, 40.2% of humanity lives on less than $2 per day. (2.60 billion people) (1)
As of 2008, 21.7% of humanity lives on less than $1.25 per day (1.40 billion people) (1)
As of 2008, 13.6% of humanity lives on less than $1 per day. (880 million people) (1)
As of 2008, the world's richest 20% consume 76.6% of private consumption (1)
As of 2008, the world's richest 10% consume 59.9% of private consumption (1)
As of 2009, 24,956 children under 5 years old die on average each day in developing countires (2)
As of 2006, access to piped water into the household averages about 85% for the wealthiest 20% of the population, compared with 25% for the poorest 20%. (3)
As of 2007, every year there are 350–500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities: Africa accounts for 90 percent of malarial deaths and African children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide. (4)
As of 2007, 1.6 billion people — a quarter of humanity — live without electricity (5)
As of 2007, the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined. (6, 7, 8)
As of 2009, the poverty line in the USA for a single individual is drawn at $10,830 per annum or $29.67 per day. (9)
As of 2006, 10.6 million children die every year from causes that are easily preventable - equal to 29,000 children every day (10)
As of 2006, half of these deaths 29,000 daily deaths of children occur in just six countries – China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Pakistan (10)
As of 2006, 2 million children die every year from pneumonia and other acute respiratory infections, making it the leading cause of death of children under five years of age (11)
As of 2006, 1.6 million children die every year from Diarrhoeal disease, primarily from the resulting severe dehydration that can quickly result in the failure of vital organs in young children (11)
As of 2006, 1.1 million children die every year in Africa from malaria, making it the largest cause of death for children under five in Africa. (11)
As of 2006, 657,000 children under the age of 15 are infected with HIV every day, most through transmission of the virus from mother to baby during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (11)
As of 2006, 500,000 children die every year from measles. (11)
As of 2008, on the whole, people are healthier, wealthier, and live longer today than 30 years ago. If children were still dying at 1978 rates, there would have ...

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