Checking Figures

After the earthquake that destroyed the poorest country in the Americas, the world has shown the most generous expression of solidarity in history.

In the midst of so many reports and press releases is difficult to know who did what and how much has been given.

At this link you will find the raw numbers of each country, per capita figures, and the most generous nations in relation to their GDP.

To see the details, this spreadsheet shows the numbers more accurately.

To compare with what was done in the 2005 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the image below shows what had been promised effectively and delivered by each country:








The numbers of the Tsunami in detail here.


Now if we compare to the spendings of the USA alone in the front in Iraq and Afghanistan, then the feeling of shame is inevitable.


Sources: Information is beautiful, the guardian,reliefweb,OEDC, costofwar