War Statistics - Rage Against the War Machine

The Cost of War

EFFECTS ON POPULATION

Sources

https://www.statista.com/chart/22902/number-of-people-displaced-by-war-on-terror/https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2020/Displacement_Vine%20et%20al_Costs%20of%20War%202020%2009%2008.pdf

America's War on Terror Displaced 37 Million People

Brown University’s Costs of War project released a study which states that it is the first analysis to comprehensively measure the number of people forced to flee their homes as a result wars involving the United States since 2001. It states that 37 million people have been displaced by America’s Global War On Terror and that estimate is likely conservative with the true figure possibly as high as 59 million.

PHOTO: More than 150,000 people fled the city of Ramadi in Iraq on May, 2015.

PHOTO: Syrians returning home carry their belongings from Turkey to Syria on June, 2017.

UN: 9 million Syrians displaced as of 2014.

Estimated Number of People Displaced by U.S. Wars Post 9/11

People Displaced in Millions

CIVILIAN DEATHS

Sources

https://www.statista.com/chart/25748/us-airstrikes-civilian-casulties/https://airwars.org/news-and-investigations/tens-of-thousands-of-civilians-likely-killed-by-us-in-forever-wars/

U.S. Airstrikes Killed at Least 22,000 Civilians Since 9/11

“Based on our comprehensive review of credible sources, we found at least 22,679 civilians were likely directly killed by US strikes since 9/11, with that number potentially as high as 48,308.” — AirWars.org

Potentially 48,308 Civilians Have Been Killed by U.S. Strikes

“The gap between these two figures reflects the many unknowns when it comes to civilian harm in war. Belligerents rarely track the effects of their own actions – and even then do so poorly. It is left to local communities, civil society and international agencies to count the costs. Multiple sources can however suggest different numbers of fatalities, meaning that monitoring organisations like Airwars will record both minimum and maximum estimates.” — AirWars.org

HISTORY

Sources

https://www.statista.com/chart/24634/length-of-us–involvement-in-foreign-military-conflicts/

America's Longest Foreign Wars

Length of U.S. involvement in foreign military conflicts as of April 2021. The precise length of the Vietnam War is disputed. List excludes military interventions and occupations.

Months in War

U.S. MILITARY SPENDING

Sources

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-top-10-countries-by-military-spending/ https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/Data%20for%20all%20countries%20from%201988%E2%80%932020%20in%20constant%20%282019%29%20USD%20%28pdf%29.pdf https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-spending-by-country https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/

The United States was the top nation in 2021 in terms of military expenditure, spending $801 billion. America has been the top military spending nation since SIPRI began tracking in 1949.

2017-2021 Spending in Billions of Dollars

2017-2021 Top 5 Comparison

Country	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
U.S.	$646.8B	$682.5B	$734.3B	$778.4B	$800.7B
China	$210.4B	$232.5B	$240.3B	$258.0B	$293.4B
India	$64.6B	$66.3B	$71.5B	$72.9B	$76.6B
U.K.	$51.6B	$55.7B	$56.9B	$60.7B	$68.4B
Russia	$66.9B	$61.6B	$65.2B	$61.7B	$65.9B

2021 U.S. versus the World

United States military spending make up almost 38% of global military spending in 2021, and makes up more than 30% of the world’s military spending for the last two decades.

2021 Top 10 Comparison

U.S. military spending for 2021 was more than every other country in the top 10 combined.

2022 Military Spending by Country

Country	Area (km)	Population (m)	Per Capita	GDP (bn)	% of GDP	Spending (bn)
United States	9147420	338.29	2240.11	19485.39	3.85	750.00
China	9424703	1425.89	163.62	12237.70	1.94	237.00
Saudi Arabia	2149690	36.41	1885.90	686.74	9.84	67.60
India	2973190	1417.17	43.37	2650.73	2.30	61.00
United Kingdom	241930	67.51	804.40	2637.87	2.09	55.10
Germany	349390	83.37	596.06	3693.20	1.35	50.00
Japan	364500	123.95	390.17	4872.42	1.01	49.00
Russia	16376870	144.71	329.20	1578.42	3.04	48.00
South Korea	97600	51.82	857.20	1530.75	2.87	44.00
France	547557	64.63	632.77	2582.50	1.61	41.50
Brazil	8358140	215.31	129.09	2053.59	1.35	27.80
Italy	295717	59.04	461.31	1943.84	1.43	27.80
Australia	7692020	26.18	1008.87	1323.42	1.99	26.30
United Arab Emirates	71020	9.44	2256.54	382.58	5.95	22.76
Canada	8965590	38.45	586.11	1647.12	1.37	22.50
Israel	21640	9.04	2241.43	353.27	5.66	20.00
Iran	1622500	88.55	227.85	454.01	4.32	19.60
Turkey	783562	85.34	222.06	851.55	2.23	19.00
Spain	499557	47.56	323.21	1314.31	1.15	15.10
Algeria	2381741	44.90	286.66	167.56	7.76	13.00
Netherlands	33670	17.56	721.61	830.57	1.50	12.42
Afghanistan	652230	41.13	294.45	19.54	61.40	12.00
Poland	306130	39.86	317.97	526.47	2.28	12.00
Pakistan	770880	235.82	49.68	304.95	3.74	11.40
Egypt	995450	110.99	105.50	235.37	4.76	11.20
Singapore	718	5.98	1884.40	323.91	3.46	11.20
Taiwan	36197	23.89	448.75	0.00	0.00	10.73
Colombia	1109500	51.87	205.77	314.46	3.37	10.60
Morocco	446300	37.46	264.74	109.71	9.12	10.00
Oman	309500	4.58	1632.23	70.78	12.28	8.69
Indonesia	1877519	275.50	27.23	1015.42	0.75	7.60
Norway	364285	5.43	1302.76	399.49	1.80	7.18
Thailand	510890	71.70	101.32	455.30	1.56	7.10
Mexico	1943950	127.50	53.21	1150.89	0.61	7.00
Angola	1246700	35.59	199.84	122.12	5.73	7.00
Kuwait	17820	4.27	1559.24	120.13	5.69	6.83
Sweden	407284	10.55	619.44	535.61	1.18	6.33
Qatar	11490	2.70	2013.48	166.93	3.59	6.00
Vietnam	313429	98.19	55.58	223.78	2.46	5.50
Ukraine	579400	39.70	125.02	112.15	4.81	5.40
Romania	230080	19.66	265.35	211.88	2.38	5.05
Switzerland	39516	8.74	569.89	678.97	0.74	5.00
Uruguay	175020	3.42	1415.90	56.16	0.81	4.95
Belgium	30280	11.66	421.66	494.76	0.99	4.92
Greece	128900	10.38	469.15	203.09	2.38	4.84
Denmark	40000	5.88	815.77	329.87	1.44	4.76
New Zealand	263310	5.19	877.87	204.14	2.11	4.30
South Africa	1213090	59.89	70.45	348.87	1.23	4.28
Chile	743532	19.60	220.78	277.08	1.53	4.25
Argentina	2736690	45.51	91.28	637.43	0.66	4.20
Malaysia	328550	33.94	120.55	314.71	1.27	4.00
Kazakhstan	2699700	19.40	208.28	162.89	2.46	4.00
Bangladesh	130170	171.19	27.00	460.00	1.00	3.80
Finland	303940	5.54	642.67	252.30	1.41	3.57
Philippines	298170	115.56	30.84	313.60	1.11	3.47
Austria	82520	8.94	372.79	416.84	0.81	3.38
Portugal	91606	10.27	331.34	219.31	1.53	3.36
Libya	1759540	6.81	426.09	38.11	7.87	3.00
Czech Republic	77199	10.49	276.62	215.91	1.38	2.97
Azerbaijan	82646	10.36	272.81	40.75	6.90	2.81
Myanmar	652670	54.18	47.98	67.07	3.95	2.65
Jordan	88794	11.29	252.41	40.07	6.49	2.60
Peru	1280000	34.05	76.00	211.39	1.21	2.56
Sri Lanka	61860	21.83	115.87	87.36	2.86	2.50
Ecuador	248360	18.00	138.02	104.30	2.40	2.50
Lebanon	10230	5.49	373.98	53.58	4.67	2.50
Sudan	1868000	46.87	53.70	117.49	2.10	2.47
Nigeria	910770	218.54	9.92	375.75	0.57	2.16
Slovakia	49035	5.64	388.26	95.62	2.22	2.12
Hungary	91260	9.97	216.53	139.76	1.49	2.08
Syria	183630	22.13	92.95	0.00	0.00	1.80
Iraq	434128	44.50	41.03	192.06	0.90	1.73
North Korea	120410	26.07	61.56	0.00	0.00	1.60
Tajikistan	138790	9.95	160.68	7.15	22.39	1.60
Bahrain	785	1.47	795.97	35.43	4.01	1.42
Yemen	527970	33.70	44.94	31.27	4.48	1.40
Armenia	28470	2.78	467.70	11.54	12.05	1.39
Lithuania	62620	2.75	417.03	47.54	2.33	1.11
Bulgaria	108560	6.78	157.79	58.22	1.86	1.08
Uzbekistan	440650	34.63	28.36	49.68	1.96	0.98
Uganda	200520	47.25	19.31	26.00	3.60	0.94
Serbia	87460	7.22	104.82	41.43	2.19	0.91
Ireland	68890	5.02	173.30	331.43	0.26	0.87
Croatia	55960	4.03	197.08	55.21	1.45	0.80
Dominican Republic	48310	11.23	68.74	75.93	1.00	0.76
Venezuela	882050	28.30	25.46	0.00	0.00	0.75
Latvia	62230	1.85	391.60	30.46	2.38	0.72
Republic of the Congo	341500	5.97	123.32	8.70	8.22	0.72
Ghana	227533	33.48	21.92	59.00	1.20	0.71
Estonia	42750	1.33	518.19	26.61	2.57	0.69
Bolivia	1083300	12.22	55.03	37.51	1.76	0.66
Cambodia	176520	16.77	35.18	22.16	2.73	0.60
Slovenia	20136	2.12	279.59	48.77	1.19	0.58
Ivory Coast	318000	28.16	19.83	37.35	1.47	0.55
Tunisia	155360	12.36	45.66	39.95	1.38	0.55
Namibia	823290	2.57	191.73	13.25	3.81	0.51
Cuba	103800	11.21	44.23	96.85	0.52	0.50
Panama	74180	4.41	112.44	62.28	0.80	0.50
Botswana	566730	2.63	184.34	17.41	2.59	0.45
Ethiopia	1128571	123.38	2.90	80.56	0.43	0.35
Cameroon	472710	27.91	12.43	34.92	0.99	0.35
Georgia	69490	3.74	82.39	15.08	2.17	0.33
Paraguay	397300	6.78	34.22	39.67	0.63	0.25
Albania	27400	2.84	87.22	13.04	1.92	0.25
Mozambique	786380	32.97	7.40	12.65	1.94	0.25
Guatemala	107160	17.84	12.91	75.62	0.32	0.24
Tanzania	885800	65.50	3.52	53.32	0.42	0.22
Nepal	143350	30.55	7.05	24.88	0.86	0.21
Honduras	111890	10.43	20.06	22.98	0.89	0.21
Chad	1259200	17.72	11.49	9.87	2.03	0.20
Turkmenistan	469930	6.43	32.25	37.93	0.53	0.20
El Salvador	20720	6.34	25.49	24.81	0.67	0.17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51200	3.23	50.78	18.05	0.91	0.17
Mongolia	1557507	3.40	45.88	11.43	1.36	0.16
Nicaragua	120340	6.95	20.65	13.81	1.01	0.14
Burkina Faso	273600	22.67	5.88	12.32	1.05	0.13
Kenya	569140	54.03	2.15	79.26	0.15	0.12
Madagascar	581800	29.61	3.94	11.50	1.00	0.12
North Macedonia	25220	2.09	51.96	11.28	0.96	0.11
DR Congo	2267050	99.01	1.05	37.64	0.27	0.10
Zimbabwe	386850	16.32	6.52	22.04	0.45	0.10
Gabon	257670	2.39	35.60	15.01	0.55	0.08
South Sudan	631930	10.91	6.89	0.00	0.00	0.08
Sierra Leone	72180	8.61	9.09	3.78	2.00	0.08
Mali	1220190	22.59	3.26	15.33	0.46	0.07
Montenegro	13450	0.63	103.51	4.84	1.34	0.07
Suriname	156000	0.62	105.56	3.00	2.10	0.06
Somalia	627340	17.60	3.69	0.00	0.00	0.06
Mauritania	1030700	4.74	10.25	5.02	1.00	0.05
Zambia	743390	20.02	2.05	25.87	0.15	0.04
Moldova	32885	3.27	7.48	8.13	0.37	0.03
Bhutan	38140	0.78	31.88	2.53	0.99	0.03
Kyrgyzstan	191800	6.63	2.97	7.56	0.26	0.02
Central African Republic	622980	5.58	3.99	1.95	1.03	0.02
Laos	230800	7.53	2.47	16.85	0.11	0.02
Liberia	96320	5.30	2.45	3.29	0.40	0.01

U.S. MILITARY EXPANSION

Sources

https://www.statista.com/chart/7984/us-special-forces-deployed-to-70-of-the-world-in-2016/ https://tomdispatch.com/nick-turse-special-ops-shadow-wars-and-the-golden-age-of-the-gray-zone/

U.S. Special Forces Deployed to 70% of the World in 2016

SOCOM’s (U.S. Special Operations Command) shadow wars against terror groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (also known as ISIL) may, ironically, be its most visible operations. Shrouded in even more secrecy are its activities — from counterinsurgency and counterdrug efforts to seemingly endless training and advising missions — outside acknowledged conflict zones across the globe. These are conducted with little fanfare, press coverage, or oversight in scores of nations every single day. (source)