Beyond the social price, the FAO said malnutrition's cost to the global economy – which diminishes productivity and increases direct health care costs – could account for as much as 5% of global gross domestic product (GDP), equivalent to $3.5tn annually or $500 a person.
Moreover, the amount of money for work productivity loss caused by uncontrolled subjective symptoms as calculated by the difference between the definite dry eye group and the marginal dry eye group was USD 741 annually, which is equivalent to the annual medical treatment cost for treating dry eye in Japan of USD 651.
Yet roughly 500,000 ha are deforested annually in Mexico, equivalent to a yearly rate of 1.02% for highland pine/oak/fir forests and 2.06% for tropical forests between 1993 and 2000 (Velazquez et al. 2002).
On the demand side, however, the rate of sales of existing homes nationally during August was equivalent to 5.5 million annually -- potentially a record high, according to the National Association of Realtors.
With the world's population growing from 7 billion to 9 billion in the next few decades; massive migration to cities, particularly in developing countries; resource consumption equivalent to 1.5 Earths annually; warming of the climate system; and poverty and unemployment already threatening global peace and prosperity, strategic interventions are required.
The total cost per six months was found to be around Rs. 318,822.48 equivalent to Int$40,078.255 annually.
The results showed the cost ranged from RM 79.61 to RM 475.79 per haemodialysis treatment, with a mean cost of RM 169 per HD equivalent to Int$23,549.422 annually.
Wage rate per minute was calculated by dividing the annual salary estimate by 124,800 min (equivalent to 2,080 work hours annually).
Seventy million working days are lost each year due to stress, depression and other mental health conditions, according to her report, costing Britain £70-100bn annually, equivalent to 4.5% of the nation's GDP.
Two energy efficiency projects in China, supported by green bonds, are estimated to reduce 12.6m tons of carbon dioxide annually – equivalent to taking 2.7m cars off the road each year.
