Name: National Material Capabilities
Creator: Our World In Data
Published: 2025-06-24T19:17:20.742Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/

The National Material Capabilities data set contains annual values for total population, urban population, iron and steel production, energy consumption, military personnel, and military expenditure of all state members, currently from 1816-2016. The widely-used Composite Index of National Capability (CINC) index is based on these six variables and included in the data set.

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