War in Ukraine
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Military spending and resources
Military Personnel and Spending
How large are countries’ militaries? How much do they spend on their armed forces? Explore global data on military personnel and spending.
Military spending as a share of GDP
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Military spending as a share of GDP
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Military spending
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Military spending per armed forces personnel
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Armed forces personnel
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Armed forces personnel as a share of total population
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Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force
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War and conflict
War and Peace
How common are armed conflict and peace between and within countries? How is this changing over time? Explore research and data on war and peace.
Deaths in state-based conflicts by region
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Deaths in armed conflicts
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Death rate in state-based conflicts
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Number of state-based conflicts
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Nuclear weapons
War and Peace
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Nuclear weapons: Why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation
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Country position on nuclear weapons
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Nuclear weapons proliferation
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Estimated nuclear warhead stockpiles
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Nuclear weapons tests per year
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Energy and natural resources
Energy
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Coal reserves
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Gas reserves
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Oil reserves
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Coal production
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Oil production
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Gas production
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Share of electricity production by source
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Share of electricity production from nuclear
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Global primary energy consumption by source
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Electricity production by source
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Global direct primary energy consumption
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Carbon intensity of electricity generation
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Global food supplies
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Agricultural Production
How much, and what types of food, do countries produce across the world?
Migration
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Democracy
Democracy
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Human rights
Human Rights
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Peacekeeping
Number of active United Nations peacekeeping missions
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United Nations peacekeepers on active missions
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United Nations peacekeepers on active missions by type
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@article{owid-ukraine-war,
author = {Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser and Bastian Herre and Joe Hasell and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Bobbie Macdonald and Fiona Spooner and Pablo Rosado},
title = {War in Ukraine},
journal = {Our World in Data},
year = {2022},
note = {https://ourworldindata.org/ukraine-war}
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