The International Madness of Arms in Figures

Red. – Heinrich Frei is a board member of Swisso Kalmo and is committed to a sustainable peace policy. ____________________ Never since 1990 have governments spent so much money on weapons and war material: 7.1 percent of all government spending worldwide was invested in (potential) defense and/or attack in 2024. This amounts to about 0.92 US dollars per person per day. By comparison, about 690 million people – around 8.5 percent of the world's …