According to the Federation of American Scientists:

• Half of the world’s governments spend more on defense than health care.
• The U.S. share of total world military expenditures per year has been roughly 36 percent, though the U.S. constitutes under 5 percent of the world’s population.
• The U.S. arms industry is the second most heavily subsidized industry after agriculture.
• 2001 world military expenditures topped $839 billion, while at the same time an estimated 1.3 billion people survive on less than the equivalent of $1 (U.S.) a day.
• The International Red Cross has estimated that one out of every two casualties of war is a civilian caught in the crossfire.
• According to the United Nations, there are now over 300,000 child soldiers around the world, now serving as combatants in over 30 current conflicts.
• The Center for International Policy estimates that about 80% of U.S. arms exports to the developing world go to non-democratic regimes.
• There are more landmines planted in Cambodia than people. Cambodia is just one of 64 countries around the world littered with some 100 million anti-personnel landmines. Intended primarily to maim, landmines can lie in wait years after a conflict ends, causing 500 deaths and injuries per week.
• The U.S. government is training soldiers in upwards of 70 countries at any given time.