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“The world is in a race between education
and catastrophe.”
— H. G. Wells
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—Kofi Annan
Sources
and Notes:
1. World
Military Expenditures 2003: Prepared by Center
for Defense Information from International Institute for Strategic
Studies, and U.S. Department of Defense data. Military expenditure are
spent on approximately 20 million soldiers; education expenditures are
spent on about 1.265 billion students (100 million pre-primary; 675 million
primary; 400 million secondary; 90 million tertiary). Per soldier spending
is $45,000/year; per student spending is approximately $1517.
2. U.S. Military Expenditures 2003 (#1 in the world) :Center
for Defense Information
3. Russian Military Expenditures 2003 (#2 in the world): Center
for Defense Infomation
4. Chinese Military Expenditures 2003 (#3 in the world): Center
for Defense Infomation
5. World Education Expenditures: UNESCO
World Education Report 2000; Table 12 Estimated public expenditure
on education. World education expenditures are estimated to be 4.8% of
GNP in 1997. Meter assumes a similar percentage for 2003.
6 . U.S. Education Expenditures:UNESCO
World Education Report 2000
7 . Number of pages added to Internet 2003:The Economist 10-21-2000
p. 96
8 . Number of e-mails: eMarketer
9. World Population: UN
Demographic Statistics Division