Is That A Big Number?

Neat Ratios ...

is 1/5 of Govt spending in Canada (2020) (862 billion USD p/a)...more

is 1/5 of Cost to USA of the Vietnam war (revalued to 2024) ($854billion)...more

is 1/4 of Total taxation in Canada (2020) (687 billion USD p/a)...more

is 2/5 of Turnover of Sinopec (2015) ($433billion)...more

is 2/5 of Total taxation in Brazil (2020) (424 billion USD p/a)...more

is about as big as Govt spending in Denmark (2019) (172.4 billion USD p/a)...more

is about as big as Value of Italy's gold reserves (2024) ($171billion)...more

is about as big as Value of France's gold reserves (2024) ($170.6billion)...more

is 2 x Turnover of Microsoft (2015) ($86.8billion)...more

is 2 x Govt spending in Malaysia (2019) (85.9 billion USD p/a)...more

is 2 x Govt spending in Iraq (2020) (85.5 billion USD p/a)...more

is 2 x Total taxation in South Africa (2020) (84.2 billion USD p/a)...more

is 4 x Total taxation in Slovakia (2019) (43.5 billion USD p/a)...more

is 4 x Govt spending in Kazakhstan (2020) (42 billion USD p/a)...more

is 10 x Govt spending in Angola (2019) (17.24 billion USD p/a)...more

is 10 x Total taxation in Kenya (2019) (16.89 billion USD p/a)...more

is 20 x Total taxation in Guatemala (2019) (8.65 billion USD p/a)...more

is 20 x Total taxation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019) (8.43 billion USD p/a)...more

is 25 x Govt spending in Uganda (2019) (6.9 billion USD p/a)...more

is 40 x Cost of a Virginia class nuclear submarine (2023) ($4.3billion)...more

is 40 x Total taxation in Albania (2019) (4.19 billion USD p/a)...more

is 50 x Total taxation in Sudan (2019) (3.48 billion USD p/a)...more

is 50 x Govt spending in Mali (2018) (3.47 billion USD p/a)...more

is 50 x Total taxation in Nicaragua (2019) (3.45 billion USD p/a)...more

is 50 x Total taxation in The Congo (2018) (3.4 billion USD p/a)...more

is 50 x Govt spending in Armenia (2019) (3.39 billion USD p/a)...more

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.