25 Depressing Statistics About The World We Live In

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Look out your window. Isn't a beautiful day? You're probably brimming with optimism as you prepare what in your mind is going to be a perfect, glorious day of positivity. But just in case you were feeling really good about yourself today, allow us to hit you with a strong dose of depressing reality (because who doesn't like reality...actually there's a lot of people who don't like reality). These are 25 depressing statistics about the world we live in. Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/list25 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/list25 Website: http://list25.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/list25/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/list25/ Check out the physical list at - http://list25.com/25-depressing-statistics-about-the-world-we-live-in/ These have got to be some of the saddest most depressing statistics about our world: There are nearly 210 million orphans in the world Nearly 15% of them will commit suicide before turning 18 75% of the total deaths during World War II were civilians (nearly 50 million people) 22,000 kids die every day because of poverty A typical cow in the European Union receives a government subsidy of $2.20 a day. The cow earns more than 1.2 billion of the world's poorest people. The US now spends some $200 billion on the correctional system each year, a sum that exceeds the gross domestic product of twenty-five US states and 140 foreign countries. At least 10 times as many girls are now trafficked into brothels annually as African slaves were transported to the New World in the peak years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Your brain starts to deteriorate when you are 27 The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan is $20.2 billion. That's more than NASA's budget. Both in rich countries and poor, a staggering 30-50% of all food produced rots away uneaten. 80% of the world population lives on less than $10 per day Studies at the University of Kent have shown that the majority of people donate to charity to feel good about themselves According to a study by NASA engineers, it was found that 60 out of 1000 drivers would go out of their way to hit animals on the road (don't worry, they were fake, and yes, NASA engineers actually performed this study) 2 million children die of preventable diseases every year (diarrhea, pneumonia) because they are too poor to afford treatment One fourth of humanity lives without electricity 1.2 billion people live in places without an adequate supply of water 1.6 billion live in places where they do have access to water, but they simply cannot afford it Cargo ships and cruise liners dump 14 billion pounds of garbage into the ocean every year 34% of the homeless population in the United States is young people under 24. 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 15 are working under forced labor conditions There are 300,000 child soldiers around the world Although most of the world has abolished the death penalty, 1,591 people were executed in 2006. 91% of these took place in the US, China, Sudan, Iran, Pakistan, and Iraq 315,000 women die in childbirth every year because they were malnourished and lacked basic nutrients 805 million people go hungry every day, 98% of them live in underdeveloped countries, and the vast majority are children. And since this list is about depressing statistics, I'll end with the fact that 350 million people around the world are struggling with depression right now. Shocking and depressing statistics right? Maybe these lists will make you feel better: 25 Serial Killers That Have Never Been Caught - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAdA4FCRNEE&index;=71&list;=PL3Ikn3SKdJHgC14x0oUEMJ7pxG_Yj8UNa and 25 People Who Are Known For Their Charity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW0IYqPzUs&index;=10&list;=PL3Ikn3SKdJHgC14x0oUEMJ7pxG_Yj8UNa NOTE: Sources for these 25 Depressing Statistics can be found in the physical list - http://list25.com/25-depressing-statistics-about-the-world-we-live-in/