This statistic shows the estimated cost of containing violence around the world each year based on 2014 figures, by the type of violence or result of violence. In 2014, the world's governments spent a total of 190 billion U.S. dollars on incarceration in an attempt to contain violence.
Direct costs of global violence containment in 2014, by violence type
(in billion U.S. dollars)
These figures do not include the Institute for Economics and Peace's so-called "peace multiplier effect". This multiplier seeks to estimate the economic value lost through the absence of peace.
*IDP=Internally Displaced Persons
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IEP. (February 20, 2014). Direct costs of global violence containment in 2014, by violence type (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784289/direct-costs-of-global-violence-containment-by-violence-type/
IEP. "Direct costs of global violence containment in 2014, by violence type (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 20, 2014. Statista. Accessed January 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784289/direct-costs-of-global-violence-containment-by-violence-type/
IEP. (2014). Direct costs of global violence containment in 2014, by violence type (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784289/direct-costs-of-global-violence-containment-by-violence-type/
IEP. "Direct Costs of Global Violence Containment in 2014, by Violence Type (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Feb 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784289/direct-costs-of-global-violence-containment-by-violence-type/
IEP, Direct costs of global violence containment in 2014, by violence type (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784289/direct-costs-of-global-violence-containment-by-violence-type/ (last visited January 16, 2022)
