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Global statistics

  • 80% of the world's 20 poorest countries have suffered from a major conflict in the past 15 years.

    The Role of The World Bank in Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/CPR/Concept2.



  • Global estimated military spending in 1998 was $780, 130 times the cost of providing basic education estimated at $6B. As of 2003, estimated military spending is over $900B and average estimated global spending on primary education was just $5.3B increasing the discrepancy to approximately 170%.

    World Bank Development Indicators http://www.worldbank.org/data/maps/#



  • 11.7 million gallons of Agent Orange were dropped in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971.

    Agent Orange Statistics and Vietnam War Herbicides. 15th Field Artillery and Vietnam Artillerymen http://www.landscaper.net/agent2.htm



  • During the Gulf War, US tanks and aircraft shot approximately 286 metric tons of depleted uranium in Kuwait and Iraq.

    Fahey, Dan. Science or Science Fiction: Facts, Myths and Propaganda In the Debate Over Depleted Uranium Weapons http://www.antenna.nl/wise/uranium/pdf/dumyths.pdf. March 12, 2003.



  • 90 countries still have active landmines and unexploded ordinance, with 15,000 - 20,000 mine victims per year.

    United Nations Human Development Report 2002, pg. 11



  • Modern war victims are 90% civilian.

    U.N. Human Development Report 2002, pg. 16



  • The 20th century was the most violent century in all of human history: an estimated 203 million people were killed in state and non-state wars during this century.

    Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat8.htm



USA statistics


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