About this Dataset

Global Military Spending Dataset

Military spending data measure key international relations concepts such as balancing, arms races, the distribution of power, and the severity of military burdens. Unfortunately, missing values and measurement error threaten the validity of existing findings. Addressing this challenge, we introduce the Global Military Spending Dataset (GMSD). GMSD collates new and existing expenditure variables from a comprehensive collection of sources, expands data coverage, and employs a latent variable model to estimate missing values and quantify measurement error.

Tables

Global Military Spending Dataset 1

@owid.global_military_spending_dataset.owid_global_military_spending_dataset_1

608.51 kB
16,133 rows
9 columns

CREATE TABLE owid_global_military_spending_dataset_1 (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "milex_estimate" FLOAT,
  "milexgdp" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus1095" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus365" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus730" FLOAT,
  "milex_estimate_per_capita" FLOAT,
  "milex_per_military_personnel" FLOAT
);

Global Military Spending Dataset 2

@owid.global_military_spending_dataset.owid_global_military_spending_dataset_2

636.43 kB
16,174 rows
9 columns

CREATE TABLE owid_global_military_spending_dataset_2 (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "milex_estimate" FLOAT,
  "milexgdp" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus1095" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus365" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus730" FLOAT,
  "milex_estimate_per_capita" FLOAT,
  "milex_per_military_personnel" FLOAT
);

Global Military Spending Dataset 3

@owid.global_military_spending_dataset.owid_global_military_spending_dataset_3

638.52 kB
16,325 rows
9 columns

CREATE TABLE owid_global_military_spending_dataset_3 (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "milex_estimate" FLOAT,
  "milexgdp" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus1095" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus365" FLOAT,
  "milexsurplus730" FLOAT,
  "milex_estimate_per_capita" FLOAT,
  "milex_per_military_personnel" FLOAT
);