Iraq - Security

Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq:

135,000

Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.:

91

Number of troops the British government will withdraw from Iraq in the coming months:

1,600

Number of additional U.S. troops to be sent to Iraq, according to the President’s surge plan:

Up to 28,000

Number of additional U.S. troops to be sent to Iraq, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of the President’s surge plan:

Up to 48,000

Estimated cost of troop surge plan according to the Bush Administration:

$5.6 billion

Estimated cost of troop surge plan according to CBO’s analysis:

Up to $27 billion

Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations so far: 

$379 billion

Estimated total cost of operations in Iraq by war’s end:

$549 billion - $2.26 trillion

Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I (in inflation-adjusted dollars):

$205 billion

Approximate amount the U.S. is spending in Iraq per month (including operational and investment costs): 

$8.4 billion

Approximate amount the U.S. spent in Iraq per month in Fiscal Year 2003 (including operational and investment costs): 

$4.4 billion

Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq:

3,169

Number reported wounded by the Defense Department:

23,924

Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through February 3, 2007:

408

Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War:

97

Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began in June 2003:

6,177

Number of journalists killed in Iraq:

93

Number of journalists killed in Vietnam:

63

Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003):

5,000

Estimated number of fighters the Sadr and Mahdi militia can draw upon today:

60,000

Estimated number of foreign fighters in Iraq in May 2003:

100

Estimated number of foreign fighters in Iraq in November 2006:

800 – 2,000

Funds the insurgency in Iraq is now able to raise annually from illegal activities, including kidnappings and oil smuggling:

$70 - $200 million

Number of U.S. helicopters downed by Iraqi forces this year:

8

Average number of daily attacks by insurgents in December 2004:

77

Average number of daily attacks by insurgents in December 2006:

185

Percent of attacks directed at Coalition forces:

68 percent

Percent of Iraqis who approve of attacks on Coalition forces:

61 percent

Number of Iraqi police and security forces trained and equipped:

323,180

Rate of attrition for Iraqi police, according to the Pentagon:

30 percent

Rate of desertion for Iraqi soldiers deployed to combat areas outside their normal area of operation:

>50 percent

Number of guns paid for by the U.S. for Iraq’s security forces that are unaccounted for:

>14,000

Percent of Iraqis who view the security environment as poor, according to a June 2006 survey:

75 percent

Percent of Iraqis who have little or no confidence in their police and national security forces, according to a September 2006 survey:

30-38 percent

Iraq – Political

Percent of Iraqis who believe the country is headed in the wrong direction:

52 percent

Number of seats radical Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al Sadr controls in the Iraqi parliament:

30

Percent of Iraqi Sunnis who view Prime Minister al-Maliki as unfavorable, according to a September poll:

85 percent

Percent of Iraq Ministry of Interior staff who are “ghost employees”:

20-30 percent

Percent of Iraqis who rate current economic conditions as poor:

59 percent

Annual cost of corruption to Iraq’s economy:

$4 billion

Number of corruption cases that have been filed since the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity was established in 2004:

3,500

Iraq - Humanitarian

Estimated number of Iraqi civilians killed in the violence since U.S.-led invasion, according to Iraq’s Minister of Health:

150,000

Number of Iraqi civilians killed in the violence in 2006, according to the U.N.:

34,452

Approximate number of Iraqis who have fled the country since 2003:

1.8 million

Approximate number of Iraqis who have been internally displaced since 2003:

650,000

Approximate number of Iraqis who are fleeing Iraq each month:

100,000

The number of new Iraqi passports issued since August 2005:

> 2 million

Percent of Iraq’s professional class that has left the country since late 2003:

40 percent

Approximate number of Iraqis who have fled to Jordan:

700,000-750,000

Approximate number of Iraqis who have fled to Syria:

600,000 – 1 million

Number of Iraqis who have been granted entry to the United States since 2003: 

466

Annual Iraq budget of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in 2003:

$150 million

Annual Iraq budget of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in 2006:

$29 million

Number of Iraqi physicians registered prior to the invasion:

34,000

Number of Iraqi physicians who have been murdered, kidnapped, or fled the country since the invasion:

14,250

Portion of Iraq’s population that currently lives in poverty, according to the UNDP:

1/3

Infant mortality rate in Iraq: (Middle East average is 37, sub-Saharan Africa average is 105)

102

Estimated rate of malnourishment in Iraq:

14.2-26.5 percent

Percent of Iraqi elementary-age children who attended school last year, according to the Iraq Ministry of Education:

75 percent

Percent of Iraqi elementary-age children who are attending school now, according to the Iraq Ministry of Education:

30 percent

Iraq - Reconstruction

Estimated nationwide unemployment rate:

25-40 percent

Estimated number of jobs created by aid efforts:

< 140,000

Estimated number of Iraqis still being paid not to work:

600,000

Current rate of inflation in Iraq:

33 percent

Of the $57 billion in contract funds for Iraq reconstruction aid, the amount the U.S. government has squandered due to contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses:

$10 billion

Of these $10 billion in overpriced contracts and unsupported expenses, amount that was charged by Halliburton:

$2.7 billion

Percent of Iraq reconstruction funds used for security and justice sector:

34 percent

Average number of attacks on infrastructure each week:

13

According to the GAO, anticipated reconstruction gap (difference between estimates of what is needed to rebuild and what the international community has pledged in aid) that the new Iraqi government will face:

$50 billion

Oil production for February 2007 (barrels per day):

2.08 million

Average oil production prior to invasion (barrels per day):

2.5 million

Bush Administration’s prewar projections of Iraq’s post-war oil output (barrels per day):

3 million

Approximate amount of U.S. reconstruction funds spent on rebuilding Iraq’s oil sector:

$1.72 billion

Portion of Iraq’s GDP generated by oil revenues:

2/3

Electricity capacity in Iraq (in megawatts) prior to invasion (March 2003):

4,500

Electricity capacity to have been reached by July 2004, according to U.S. reconstruction goals:

6,000

Electricity capacity in Iraq (in megawatts) in February 2007:

3,600

Average number of daily hours of electricity nationwide:

11 hours

Average number of daily hours of electricity in Baghdad:

6 hours

Average number of daily hours of electricity in Baghdad prior to 2003:

16-24

Approximate amount of U.S. reconstruction funds spent on rebuilding Iraq’s electricity sector:

$4.24 billion

Terrorism

Operational links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq:

0

Estimated number of al Qaeda members worldwide in 2001:

20,000

Estimated number of al Qaeda members worldwide in 2006:

50,000

Days since September 11, 2001 that Osama bin Laden has remained uncaptured:

2,002

Days after bombing Pearl Harbor that Japan surrendered to U.S. forces:

1,365

Number of significant global terrorist attacks reported by the State Department in 2003:

175

Total number of worldwide global terrorist attacks reported by the U.S. Government’s National Counterterrorism Center in 2004:

3,194

Total number of worldwide global terrorist attacks reported by the U.S. Government’s National Counterterrorism Center in 2005:

11,111

Percentage of total worldwide suicide attacks that have occurred since 9/11:

81 percent

Percent of more than 100 of America’s top foreign policy experts (bipartisan group) who say the U.S. is not winning the war on terror:

75 percent

Percent of those experts who believe that America is less safe from terrorist attacks since before September 11, 2001:

81 percent

Rank of Iraq among all nations as a training ground for terrorists:

1

Percent of top FBI jobs in the Washington area that currently are vacant (including counter-terrorism experts):

20

Afghanistan

Percent of more than 100 of America’s top bipartisan foreign policy experts who believe that the United States should increase troop levels in Afghanistan:

69 percent

Troop shortage NATO commander says he faces:

10-15 percent

Increase in attacks by militants crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, since the peace deal went into effect in September:

300 percent

Number of insurgent attacks in 2005:  

1,558

Number of insurgent attacks in 2006:

4,542

Number of suicide attacks between 2001-2004:

9

Number of suicide attacks in 2005:

27

Number of suicide attacks in 2006:

139

Number of Taliban-led militants in Afghanistan today:

40,000

Number of violence-related deaths in Afghanistan in 2006 according to Human Rights Watch:

4,400

Number of Afghan civilians killed in the violence in 2006 according to Human Rights Watch:

1,000

Percent of schools in the south that have been forced to close due to Taliban attacks:

35 percent

Number of schools destroyed by the Taliban last year:

200

Number of students driven from the classroom last year by Taliban attacks:

200,000

Amount the Taliban recently pledged it will provide to fund Islamic education to students in 6 southern provinces, starting in March:

$1 million

Percent increase in poppy production between 2005-2006:

59 percent

Percent of world’s supply of opium that Afghanistan produces:

92 percent

Amount of aid the international community has provided to Afghanistan each year since 2001:

$2.5 billion,

($1 billion from the U.S.)

Amount of international aid allocated per person in Afghanistan:

$57

Amount of international aid allocated per person in Iraq:

$206

Percent of aid that has been given directly to the Afghan government:

5 percent

Number of new dams, power stations, and major water systems built in Afghanistan in the five years since the U.S.-led invasion:

0

Reconstruction gap (difference between estimates of what is needed to rebuild Afghanistan and what the international community has pledged in aid) in Afghanistan:

$8.7 billion

Percent of Afghan population that has access to electricity:

6 percent

Percent of Afghan population that has access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation:

39 percent

Out of 178 countries, rank of Afghanistan in the basic index of human development:

173

World Opinion

Percent of surveyed citizens from 25 countries who say that the U.S. is playing a mainly negative role in the world:

49 percent

Percent who believe the U.S. military presence in the Middle East plays a destabilizing role:

68 percent

Percent who disapprove of U.S. handling of the war in Iraq:

73 percent

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Rank of the danger of terrorists gaining access to WMD as a threat to U.S. national security according to the Bush Administration:

1

Percent of former Soviet nuclear material stockpiles secured under Nunn-Lugar counterproliferation programs:

29

Of the $20 billion the G-8 pledged to raise between 2002 and 2012 to prevent terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials, amount that actually has been donated:

3.5 billion

Percent of security upgrades completed on former Soviet buildings containing nuclear material:

54

Year loose Russian nuclear materials would be secured if recommendations of the bipartisan Baker-Cutler task force (Jan. 2001) were adopted:

2010

Year loose Russian nuclear materials will be secured under Bush Administration policies according to the National Nuclear Security Agency:

2020

Approximate number of the world’s 130 civilian nuclear reactors that are vulnerable to terrorist theft, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration:

47

·         North Korea

Estimated minimum number of nuclear weapons likely produced by North Korea during the Bush Administration:

4-10

Estimated number produced by North Korea from 1953 to 2000: 

1-2

Estimated number of medium range missiles (capable of reaching U.S. military bases in Japan) produced by North Korea during the Bush Administration:

100

Estimated number of medium range missiles produced by North Korea from 1988 to 2000:

100

Estimated amount North Korea currently earns annually from missile exports, mainly to Middle Eastern countries:

$1.5 billion

·         Iran

Number of years before Iran will be able to produce a nuclear weapon, according to media reports on the spring 2005 National Intelligence Estimate:

5-10

Number of centrifuges for enriching uranium that Iran is now operating or about to switch on at its nuclear facility at Natanz, according to the IAEA:

1,000

Number of centrifuges the country would need to operate continuously for a year in order to produce about one weapon’s worth of highly enriched uranium:

3,000

Rank of Iran in the State Department’s report on state-sponsors of terrorism:

1

Number of days the Bush Administration has allowed Iranian nuclear activities to continue without full international verification and monitoring:

2,621

U.S. Military

·         Readiness/Strain

Percent of military who approve of the President’s handling of the war in Iraq, according to a 2006 Military Times poll:

35 percent

Percent of military who approved of the President’s handling of the war in Iraq, according to a 2004 Military Times poll:

63 percent

Number of U.S. service members who have been deployed to the Global War on Terrorism to date:

1,465,771

Number of National Guard members the Pentagon plans to call up early, so they can be redeployed to Iraq next year:

14,000

Total National Guard and Reserve personnel called to active duty as of February 28, 2007:

82,846

Portion of Army’s operating force (Reserve and Active-duty) that is reporting as unready:

2/3

Number of non-deployed Army Brigade Combat Teams in the U.S. ready to deploy:

0

Average tour of duty for National Guard members:

342 days

Percent increase in number of National Guard and Reserve members reported to have been reassigned, lost benefits, or been fired from civilian jobs after returning from duty, since 2001:

70 percent

Number of months after U.S. invasion of Iraq that all American soldiers received body armor:

18

Percent increase in cost of supporting a typical Army soldier since 2001:

60 percent

Increase in rate of wear and tear on U.S. military equipment due to conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan:

4-9 times

Cost to reconstitute equipment lost by the Marine Corps in Iraq:

$12.8 billion

Amount the Marine Corps have received so far for repairing and replacing equipment:  

$5.1 billion

Annual costs of replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment prior to 2001:

$2.5-3 billion

Annual costs of replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan for Fiscal Years 2002-2006:

$4 billion

Anticipated cost for replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan for Fiscal Year 2007:

$17.1 billion

Anticipated cost for replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond Fiscal Year 2007 and for a minimum of 2-3 years after the end of OEF/OIF:

$12-13 billion

Amount of funds the Army is planning to divert from its Future Combat Systems program through 2013 to pay for increased Iraq war costs and expansion of its forces:

$3.4 billion

Equipment modernization shortfall the Army National Guard faces beyond what the Defense Department has identified in its budget projections through FY 2013:

$24 billion

Of this shortfall, amount that is needed just to ensure the Army National Guard can reach its baseline readiness standards:

$13 billion

·         Recruiting and Retention

Percent increase in waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds since the start of the Iraq war:

65 percent

Number of waivers granted in 2003:

4,918

Number of waivers granted in 2006:

8,129

Percentage of Army recruits who had diplomas in Fiscal Year 2004:

92 percent

Percentage of Army recruits who had diplomas in Fiscal Year 2006:

82 percent

Percentage of Army recruits who met the aptitude test standard in Fiscal Year 2004:

72 percent

Percentage of Army recruits who met the aptitude test standard in Fiscal Year 2006:

61 percent

Average Army reenlistment bonus expenditures for Fiscal Years 2000-2004:

$120 million

Estimated Army reenlistment bonus expenditures for Fiscal Year 2006:

$650 million

Enlistment bonus costs in Fiscal Year 2005:

$166 million

Enlistment bonus costs in Fiscal Year 2006:

$238 million

Percent vacancy rate in active duty psychologists in the Army and Navy:

40 percent

Percentage of 133 military mental health providers surveyed between 2003-2005 who reported no formal training or supervision in four PTSD therapies:

90 percent

Maximum enlistment age for the U.S. Army today:

42

Maximum enlistment age for the U.S. Army in December 2005:

35

Darfur

Estimated conflict-related deaths since the crisis began in February 2003:

200,000

Conflict-affected population in Darfur/Chad:

2.5 million

Approximate number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs):

1.8 million

Number of Darfuris forced to flee their homes in 2006 according to the U.N.:

500,000

Total population of the Darfur region:

6 million

Percent increase in attacks on aid workers in the Darfur region last year:

67 percent

Days since the Bush Administration first called the situation “genocide”:

909

Number of war-affected civilians dependent on food and medical aid:

3.5 million

Homeland Security

·         Aviation Security 

Percent of 21 tested airports that GAO inspectors were able to smuggle bomb components past TSA screeners in March 2006:

100

Amount TSA spends on security for each air travel passenger:

$9

Amount the federal government has spent on aviation security since 2003:

$20 billion

Amount TSA has spent on the Secure Flight pre-screening program that is now suspended due to security and reliability concerns:

$130 million

·         Rail and Mass Transit

Factor by which passengers on mass transit systems exceed passengers on airlines:

16

Funding per passenger the Bush Administration has spent to secure mass transit systems since September 11, 2001:

$0.01

Cost of security upgrades needed to protect rail and transit systems as estimated by U.S. transit authorities:

$6 billion

Approximate amount the federal government has invested in rail and mass transit security since 2003:

$400 million

Amount the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget request included for rail and transit security:

$175 million

·         Chemical Security

Number of provisions in federal law requiring chemical facilities to establish safeguards against a terrorist attack:

0

Approximate number of chemical facilities in the U.S.: 

15,000

Number of chemical facilities at which a terrorist strike could threaten the lives of over 1 million people:

123

Approximate number of chemical facilities at which a terrorist attack could threaten the lives of more than 1,000 people:

3,400

Percent of our nation’s 60,000 railroad tank cars that carry hazardous materials that are not up to current industry standards and less resistant to rupture, according to the National Transportation Safety Board:

>50

·         Port Security

Percent of 11 million cargo containers that arrive at U.S. ports each year inspected: 

5

Percent of cargo inspected for WMD: 

<1

Percent of “high-risk” cargo inspected:

17.5

Estimated economic impact of a terrorist attack on a major U.S. port:

$60 billion

Estimated economic impact of a terrorist on a major U.S. port involving nuclear weapons:

$1 trillion

Number of inspectors Department of Homeland Security has to certify and validate more than 10,000 shipping companies’ applications under C-TPAT:

80

Number of inspectors Coast Guard relies on to conduct security compliance checks at 135 foreign ports:

20

Amount the Coast Guard estimated it would cost over ten years for ports to implement port security standards required under the Maritime Transportation and Security Act:

$5.4 billion

Amount the Bush Administration and Republican Congress have allocated for port security upgrades in first five years of funding:

$816 million

Amount the SAFE Port Act (P.L. 109-347) authorized in security grant funding:

$400 million

Amount the President allocated to port security grants in his Fiscal Year 2008 budget request:

$2.4 million

·         Border Security

Estimated cost of implementation of the REAL ID Act to states, according to the National Governor’s Association:

$11 billion

Percent decrease in apprehensions of illegal border crossers during Bush Administration:

30

Number of new border patrol agents the 9/11 Act authorized each year for Fiscal Years 2006-2010:

2,000

Number of border patrol agents funded for Fiscal Year 2007:

1,000

Percentage of illegal border crossers the Border Patrol can handle under current staffing levels:

10

·         Disaster Preparedness

Number of states DHS rated as having sufficient disaster plans:

10 percent

Of the 75 U.S. metropolitan areas assessed, number of cities that DHS gave the highest rating for interoperable communications in its January 2007 scorecard:

6

Funding cut to DHS first responders grant programs proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget:

$1.7 billion or 50 percent

Funding cut to firefighter grant assistance programs proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget (from current level of $662 million):

$362 million or 55 percent

Funding cut to State Homeland Security Grants proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget (from current level of $510 million):

$260 million or 51 percent

Funding cut to Law Enforcement and Terrorism Prevention grants proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget (from current level of $362 million):

$100 million or 27 percent

Percent of Army National Guard forces in the United States that are very poorly equipped according to the National Guard Bureau:

88 percent

Amount in equipment funding the National Guard estimates it would require to restore domestic Army and Air units to full readiness:

$38 billion

Amount the Army has budgeted to augment National Guard equipment through 2011:

$21 billion

Percent of National Guard equipment currently available for domestic emergency response, according to the National Guard Bureau:

34

Percent of necessary equipment generally available to National Guard, according to the GAO:

65-79

Amount of aid appropriated for Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief:

$106.4 billion

According to a GAO audit, percent of $6.3 billion in funds given directly to survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that may have been improperly distributed:

21 percent

According to the GAO, amount of fraud and waste of the $19 billion spent by FEMA on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as of mid-June:

$2 billion

Amount, of the $5.1 billion FEMA paid Louisiana to reimburse local officials for reconstruction projects following Katrina that has reached communities:

$2 billion

Of the 900,000 people in Louisiana who have applied for federal grants, the number of applicants who have actually received money:

100

Number of applications for rebuilding funds under Louisiana’s “Road Home” program that have been approved (out of the 107,739 on file as of February 12):

632

Days since Hurricane Katrina made landfall:

554

Number of the 128 public schools in the New Orleans Metro Area that have enrolled students this school year:

56

Percent of hospitals that have reopened in New Orleans Parish: 

52 percent

Highest category hurricane the New Orleans levee system is able to fully protect against – after the Army Corps of Engineers completed its $800 million repair effort:

2

·         Bioterror/Avian Flu Preparedness

Percent of Americans the Department of Health and Human Services currently is able to provide antiviral treatment for (in the case of an avian flu pandemic):

1.7

Percent of Americans who live in states that do not have plans for dealing with large-scale casualties in the event of a catastrophic bioterror attack:

> 50

Percent of Americans who would have no access to hospitals with the necessary equipment to handle a catastrophic bioterror attack:

20

Number of states that are rated at the highest preparedness to provide emergency vaccines, antidotes, and medical supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile:

15

Number of states that would run out of hospital beds within two weeks of a moderate pandemic flu outbreak:

25

Number of states that face a shortage of nurses:

40

Number of states that lack sufficient capabilities to test for biological threats:

11 and D.C.

Veterans

Percent the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget would increase funding for VA medical care:

<1 percent

Percent increase needed each year just to maintain existing programs in the face of medical inflation and other rising costs:

13-14

Anticipated cost of providing medical care and disability benefits to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts:

$349.8 - $662.8 billion

Number of the 1.4 million Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who have left active duty and become eligible for VA health care through November 2006:

631,174

Number of these veterans seeking health care from VA hospitals, through
November 2006:

205,097 or

32 percent

Percent of OIF/OEF veterans seen by VA for mental disorders through November 2006:

35.7 percent

Number of OIF/OEF veterans seen for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through November 2006:

33,754

Number of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who have been granted disability compensation:

>100,000

Estimated number of veterans denied access to VA health services since the Bush Administration imposed a ban on Priority 8 veterans:

1 million

Total Compensation and Pension Claims Backlog as of February 17, 2007:

626,429

Number of these claims pending for more than 6 months:

166,638

Percent change in pending claims from the end of Fiscal Year 2003 to February 2007:  

+246 percent

Average number of days it takes the Veterans Benefits Administration to process an original claim:

177 days

Average number of days it takes the Veterans Benefits Administration to process an appeal:

657 days

Number of additional OEF/OIF veterans the President’s budget anticipates will seek VA care in Fiscal Year 2008:

54,000

Number of additional OEF/OIF veterans the Veterans Affairs Committee (majority staff) anticipates will seek VA care in Fiscal Year 2008:

104,000

Unemployment rate for veterans age 20-24:

15.6 percent

Unemployment rate for non-veterans age 20-24:

8.7 percent

Percentage rise in the number of veterans collecting unemployment insurance since August 2002: 

96

Approximate number of veterans who are currently homeless:

200,000

Approximate number of veterans of OEF and OIF who are homeless:

500-1,000

Democracy and Development

Percent of U.S. funds dedicated to international development initiatives, as compared to military spending:

1

Number of member countries, including the United States, that voted against the approval of a new U.N Rights Council on March 15, 2006:

4

Number of countries who voted for its approval:

170

Total amount appropriated to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) so far:

$5.9 billion

Total aid awarded by the MCC so far:

$3 billion

Average amount per year to be distributed through the eleven compact agreements signed so far:

$750 million

Annual amount President Bush promised for the MCA:

$5 billion

Average amount requested in President Bush’s annual budgets since he proposed the MCA:

$2.56 billion

Number of the world’s ten least developed nations with whom the United States has signed an MCC compact:

2

Number of the world’s 40 poorest nations with whom the United States has signed an MCA compact:

5

Rank of U.S. among 21 developed nations in foreign assistance spending measured as a percentage of Gross National Product:

20

Number of children dying each day from preventable diseases:

29,000

Percentage of the world’s population living on less than $2 per day:

50