Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Yep, BEST Korea on average shorter than South Korea due to food shortages.

    an average 3–8cm (1.2–3.1 inch) difference

    Average height comparison of North and South Koreans: average South Korean height 173.5 cm. Source: OEC

    Shorter life expectancy by 12 years due to famines in late 1990s.
    South Koreans live longer. Source: World Bank

    Yet their active military personnel & resources exceed South Korea’s.

    text alternative: Military Might
    North Korea South Korea
    Active Personnel Total 1,190,000 630,000
    Army 1,020,000 495,000
    Navy 60,000 70,000
    Air force 110,000 65,000
    Paramilitary 189,000 4,500
    ___ ___ ___
    Reserves 5,700,000 4,500,000
    ___ ___ ___
    Tanks 3,500 2,434
    Aircraft 545 567
    Submarines 73 23
    Artillery 21,100 11,000

    Source: The Military Balance 2017, IISS

    4ᵗʰ largest army despite 52ⁿᵈ largest country by population.

    Military spending is estimated to account for as much as 25% of GDP