Example Calculations of Diverting Financial resources from Arms

The table and graphs below shows examples of how to calculate the reduction in the amount of financial resources spent on arms.

 

Estimate value of world's arms trade year 2000.

$800bn

 Billion Dollars (note year 2002 was $840 bn)

Annually

Annually

Cumulative

Cumulative
Amount of resources that would be available for use on armaments Amount diverted to Poverty etc Amount of resources that would be available for use on armaments Amount diverted to Poverty etc
Year

1.00%

2.00%

5.00%

1.00%

2.00%

5.00%

1.00%

2.00%

5.00%

1.00%

2.00%

5.00%

0

$800bn

$800bn

$800bn

$0bn

$0bn

$0bn

1

$792bn

$784bn

$760bn

$8.00bn

$16.00bn

$40.00bn

$792bn

$784bn

$760bn

$8bn

$16bn

$40bn

2

$784bn

$768bn

$722bn

$7.92bn

$15.68bn

$38.00bn

$1,576bn

$1,552bn

$1,482bn

$16bn

$32bn

$78bn

3

$776bn

$753bn

$686bn

$7.84bn

$15.37bn

$36.10bn

$2,352bn

$2,305bn

$2,168bn

$24bn

$47bn

$114bn

4

$768bn

$738bn

$652bn

$7.76bn

$15.06bn

$34.30bn

$3,121bn

$3,043bn

$2,820bn

$32bn

$62bn

$148bn

5

$761bn

$723bn

$619bn

$7.68bn

$14.76bn

$32.58bn

$3,882bn

$3,766bn

$3,439bn

$39bn

$77bn

$181bn

6

$753bn

$709bn

$588bn

$7.61bn

$14.46bn

$30.95bn

$4,635bn

$4,475bn

$4,027bn

$47bn

$91bn

$212bn

7

$746bn

$695bn

$559bn

$7.53bn

$14.17bn

$29.40bn

$5,380bn

$5,169bn

$4,585bn

$54bn

$105bn

$241bn

8

$738bn

$681bn

$531bn

$7.46bn

$13.89bn

$27.93bn

$6,119bn

$5,850bn

$5,116bn

$62bn

$119bn

$269bn

9

$731bn

$667bn

$504bn

$7.38bn

$13.61bn

$26.54bn

$6,849bn

$6,517bn

$5,620bn

$69bn

$133bn

$296bn

10

$724bn

$654bn

$479bn

$7.31bn

$13.34bn

$25.21bn

$7,573bn

$7,171bn

$6,099bn

$76bn

$146bn

$321bn

11

$716bn

$641bn

$455bn

$7.24bn

$13.07bn

$23.95bn

$8,289bn

$7,811bn

$6,554bn

$84bn

$159bn

$345bn

12

$709bn

$628bn

$432bn

$7.16bn

$12.81bn

$22.75bn

$8,998bn

$8,439bn

$6,987bn

$91bn

$172bn

$368bn

13

$702bn

$615bn

$411bn

$7.09bn

$12.56bn

$21.61bn

$9,700bn

$9,054bn

$7,397bn

$98bn

$185bn

$389bn

14

$695bn

$603bn

$390bn

$7.02bn

$12.30bn

$20.53bn

$10,395bn

$9,657bn

$7,787bn

$105bn

$197bn

$410bn

15

$688bn

$591bn

$371bn

$6.95bn

$12.06bn

$19.51bn

$11,083bn

$10,248bn

$8,158bn

$112bn

$209bn

$429bn

16

$681bn

$579bn

$352bn

$6.88bn

$11.82bn

$18.53bn

$11,765bn

$10,827bn

$8,510bn

$119bn

$221bn

$448bn

17

$674bn

$567bn

$334bn

$6.81bn

$11.58bn

$17.61bn

$12,439bn

$11,395bn

$8,845bn

$126bn

$233bn

$466bn

18

$668bn

$556bn

$318bn

$6.74bn

$11.35bn

$16.72bn

$13,107bn

$11,951bn

$9,162bn

$132bn

$244bn

$482bn

19

$661bn

$545bn

$302bn

$6.68bn

$11.12bn

$15.89bn

$13,767bn

$12,496bn

$9,464bn

$139bn

$255bn

$498bn

20

$654bn

$534bn

$287bn

$6.61bn

$10.90bn

$15.09bn

$14,422bn

$13,030bn

$9,751bn

$146bn

$266bn

$513bn

21

$648bn

$523bn

$272bn

$6.54bn

$10.68bn

$14.34bn

$15,070bn

$13,553bn

$10,023bn

$152bn

$277bn

$528bn

22

$641bn

$513bn

$259bn

$6.48bn

$10.47bn

$13.62bn

$15,711bn

$14,066bn

$10,282bn

$159bn

$287bn

$541bn

23

$635bn

$503bn

$246bn

$6.41bn

$10.26bn

$12.94bn

$16,346bn

$14,569bn

$10,528bn

$165bn

$297bn

$554bn

24

$629bn

$493bn

$234bn

$6.35bn

$10.05bn

$12.29bn

$16,974bn

$15,061bn

$10,762bn

$171bn

$307bn

$566bn

25

$622bn

$483bn

$222bn

$6.29bn

$9.85bn

$11.68bn

$17,597bn

$15,544bn

$10,984bn

$178bn

$317bn

$578bn

 

  

Karl Miller Aug 03