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Annual cost of violence containment worldwide in 2014, by violence type

Direct costs of global violence containment in 2014, by violence type (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)
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The data displays 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 USD on incarceration in an attempt to contain violence.

Military expenditure 2425
Homicides 715
Internal security 650
Violent crime 300
Private security 295
Incarceration 190
GDP losses from conflict 80
Deaths from internal conflict 40
Fear 20
Terrorism 5
UN Peacekeeping 5
IDPs and refugees 3
Deaths from external conflict 1