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Between 1998-2001 world-wide military expenditure increased after a noticeable drop in the previous eleven years. In 2001 military expenditure reached 839 million dollars on a world-wide scale, representing a total of 137 million dollars per inhabitant or 2.6 per cent of the world GNP. Areas most significantly affected by this expenditure are: Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. However, these figures do not take into account the military expenditure that resulted from the events of September 11, figures that could signify a substantially higher amount of spending. More
Between 1998-2001 world-wide military expenditure increased after a noticeable drop in the previous eleven years. In 2001 military expenditure reached 839 million dollars on a world-wide scale, representing a total of 137 million dollars per inhabitant or 2.6 per cent of the world GNP. Areas most significantly affected by this expenditure are: Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. However, these figures do not take into account the military expenditure that resulted from the events of September 11, figures that could signify a substantially higher amount of spending. More
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According to the Global Peace Index 2009 Selon l’Indice mondial de la paix 2009 established by Vision of Humanity, seven of the ten top countries in the ranking are European even though the first position is taken by New Zealand. Follow Denmark and Norway (ex-aequo), Iceland, Austria, Sweden, Japan, Canada, Finland and Slovenia (also ex-aequo). Switzerland is 18th, France 30th, just before Romania, yet after Costa Rica. The US, on the other hand, are in position 83 behind Ukraine and barely before Kazakhstan. Bottom ranking are Zimbabwe, Russia, Pakistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan, Israel, Somalia, Afghanistan and lastly Iraq. More
