Geography of Coercion

Military
Spending

Private
Military and Security

Intelligence Employees

Public Order Spending

Police Personnel

Military Personnel

Prison Populations

Military Spending

In US$ (2020)

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The US military budget is greater than the next ten countries combined. Just five countries (United States, China, India, Russia and United Kingdom) account for 62% of world military spending.

Military Personnel

Active armed forces by country

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There are more armed forces personnel in the world than doctors and nurses.

Public order spending

$ per capita (2018)

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Police personnel

Number of police per 100,000 population

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Intelligence employees

Estimated personnel per country (2009)

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The world’s intelligence agencies spends approximately US$106 billion and employs about one million people.

Prison populations

Prison population rate per 100,000 population

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There are more than 10.35 million people incarcerated worldwide, more than the entire population of Portugal. 20% of the world’s prison population is in the US.

Private military and security companies

Headquarters of Private Military and Security Companies

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US, UK and EU are the largest contributors to the privatization of war and security globally.
Private security workers outnumber police forces in at least 44 countries.

Notes and references

State of Power 2021

Coercive World

Geography of Coercion

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