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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

Military expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes military and civil personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, military research and development, infrastructure, and aid.

Military spending as a share of GDP

Military expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.

Military spending

Includes military and civil personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, military research and development, infrastructure, and aid. This data is expressed in US dollars and adjusted for inflation.

Military spending per armed forces personnel

Includes military and civil personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, military research and development, infrastructure, and aid. This data is expressed in US dollars and adjusted for inflation.

Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.

Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.

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

Included are deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate, intrastate, and extrasystemic conflicts that were ongoing that year.

Deaths in armed conflicts

Included are deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate, intrastate, extrasystemic, non-state conflicts, and one-sided violence that were ongoing that year.

Death rate in state-based conflicts

Deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting, per 100,000 people. Included are interstate, intrastate, and extrasystemic conflicts that were ongoing that year.

Number of state-based conflicts

Included are interstate, intrastate, and extrasystemic conflicts that were ongoing that year.

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.

Nuclear weapons: Why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation

The consequences of nuclear war would be devastating. Much more should – and can – be done to reduce the risk that humanity will ever fight such a war

Country position on nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons proliferation

Number of countries that consider, pursue, or possess nuclear weapons.

Estimated share of nuclear warhead stockpiles

Stockpiles include warheads assigned to military forces, but exclude retired warheads queued for dismantlement.

Nuclear weapons tests per year

Energy

Explore our data and research on global energy.

Coal reserves

Proved reserves, measured in tonnes, are generally those quantities that can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, according to geological and engineering information.

Gas reserves

Proved reserves, measured in cubic meters, are generally those quantities that can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, according to geological and engineering information.

Oil reserves

Shown are the total proven reserves of oil, in tonnes. This is oil that we know with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future under existing economic and operating conditions. Proven reserves decrease when we extract oil, and increase as new resources are discovered or become economically viable to extract.

Coal production

Oil production

Gas production

Share of electricity production by source

Share of electricity production from nuclear

Global primary energy consumption by source

Primary energy is based on the substitution method and measured in terawatt-hours.

Electricity production by source

Measured in terawatt-hours.

Global direct primary energy consumption

Energy consumption is measured in terawatt-hours, in terms of direct primary energy. This means that fossil fuels include the energy lost due to inefficiencies in energy production.

Carbon intensity of electricity generation

Measured in grams of carbon dioxide-equivalents emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated. Emissions are estimated on a lifecycle basis, including upstream, supply-chain and manufacturing stages, and cover all greenhouse gases.

Agricultural Production

How much, and what types of food, do countries produce across the world?

Democracy

How has democracy spread across countries? Are we moving towards a more democratic world? Explore global data and research on democracy.

Human Rights

How has the protection of human rights changed over time? How does it differ across countries, and between social groups? Explore global data on human rights.

Number of active United Nations peacekeeping missions

Included are all active peacekeeping missions.

United Nations peacekeepers on active missions

Peacekeepers include troops, civilian police, experts on mission, and staff officers. Missions include peacekeeping, conflict resolution, peacemaking, peace-building and enforcement. The UN does not have its own military and relies on contributions from member states.

United Nations peacekeepers on active missions by type

Missions include peacekeeping, conflict resolution, peacemaking, peace-building and enforcement. The UN does not have its own military and relies on contributions from member states.