Some Facts about Landmines.

  • It costs US $ 3 to 10 to produce, but costs US $ 200 to 1000 to destroy it.
  • It needs US $ 3500 to 5000 for a landmine victim for his/her medical care, prosthetics and rehabilitation.
  • Every year around 26,000 people are injured by it of which 30 to 40 percent are children. The existing ratio of landmines is 1 to every 12 children.
  • In Cambodia alone, more than, 35,000 people are maimed and more than one person in every 200 victims of landmine are amputees.
  • Every year approximately 5 million mines are produced and 2.5 million are laid on the ground of which only 1 million are deactivated or destroyed.
  • Around 11 billion mines are laid in more than 60 countries across the globe.
  • According to the estimation, 5 million mines were laid in former Yugoslavia after the conflict began there.
  • Tens of thousands mines were planted in Rwanda during its conflict in 1994.
  • Countries worst-affected by landmines include Afghanistan, Angola, Combodia, Iritria, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kuwait, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan and former Yugoslavia.
  • Main countries producing and exporting Landmines are the USA, China, Belgium, Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, former USSR, UK and former Yugoslavia.