Figure 2: Rapid growth in peacekeeping budget and personnel

Note 1: Tha data for the personnel represent an average of two years’ military and civilian staff in missions, and support account posts at Headquarters.

Note 2: The annual peacekeeping budget reflects July-to-June budget starting in that year; e.g., 1996 budget reflects budget from July 1996 to June 1997.

 

Years 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Number of Peacekeeping Missions 16 14 14 16 14 12 12 11 15 15
Average Personnel per Mission 1,816 1,443 1,223 2,200 3,917 5,198 4,465 5,519 5,315 5,524
Total Mission Personnel 29,056 20,202 17,122 35,200 54,838 62,376 53,580 60,709 79,725 82,860
Peacekeeping Budget
(approx., in billion dollars)
1.3 1.1 0.86 2.0 2.8 2.77 2.63 2.81 4.47 5.03

 

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