World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers, 1973-1983 (ICPSR 8532)
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United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08532.v1
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This data collection, which focuses on military spending and arms transfers, supplies information on 145 developed and developing countries of the world. The first file contains background data for each country, including items such as region, sub-region, alliances (OPEC, NATO, and Warsaw Pact), and OECD and World Bank membership. The second file tabulates annual military expenditures, GNP, central government expenditures, arms imports and exports, and total imports and exports in current and constant dollars for each country from 1973 to 1983. Additional variables detail total population, number of armed forces personnel, number of armed forces personnel per 1000 people, GNP in constant dollars per capita, and military expenditures in constant dollars per capita.
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Data values are expressed in United States dollars.
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145 countries of the world.
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Data are taken from various publications of NATO, the Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the United States Bureau of the Census, and other United States government agencies. Additional data sources include GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS YEARBOOK, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE STATISTICS, SOVIET AND U.S. DEFENSE ACTIVITIES, 1971-80: A DOLLAR COST COMPARISON, SIPRI YEARBOOK: WORLD ARMAMENTS AND DISARMAMENT, THE MILITARY BALANCE, HANDBOOK OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS 1984: A REFERENCE AID, OECD ECONOMIC SURVEYS, and THE WORLD FACT BOOK: 1984.
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1987-01-12
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- U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURES AND ARMS TRANSFERS, 1973-1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1986. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08532.v1
2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 3 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
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These data are freely available to data users at ICPSR member institutions. The curation and dissemination of this study are provided by the institutional members of ICPSR. How do I access ICPSR data if I am not at a member institution?