The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
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Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#2You can check the data for an arbitrary country in Wolfram Alpha:
http://www61.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=israel+military+spend...
The numbers are different because they are estimates, possibly from different years. But is there a way to get the whole table of countries, sorted? I'm interested in the rest of the countries as well.
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#3You can check the data for an arbitrary country in Wolfram Alpha: http://www61.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=israel+military+spend... The numbers are different because they are estimates, possibly from different years. But is there a way to get the whole table of countries, sorted? I'm interested in the rest of the countries as well.
The best you can do is something like this:
http://www61.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=israel+military+spend...
But the data is really inconsistent.. Different years for different countries, different years for the population vs military numbers within countries, etc.
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#4I see these all the time, but never a single "spenders by GDP" chart. What gives? Seems like that info's more relevant anyways - how would they spend money they don't have?
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#5I see these all the time, but never a single "spenders by GDP" chart. What gives? Seems like that info's more relevant anyways - how would they spend money they don't have?
Yes, I was hoping for that also. I am curious as to where North Korea stands. Their nuclear weapons program must eat up a lot of their (presumably small) GDP.
Edit: I answered my own question:
http://www61.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=north+korea+military+...
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#6I see these all the time, but never a single "spenders by GDP" chart. What gives? Seems like that info's more relevant anyways - how would they spend money they don't have?
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...
Googled military spending by GDP
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#7I see these all the time, but never a single "spenders by GDP" chart. What gives? Seems like that info's more relevant anyways - how would they spend money they don't have?
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... Googled military spending by GDP
China spends more per dollar of GDP on the military - very interesting.
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#8The US's dominant roll in NATO makes this graph misleading. For decades, Europe has essentially had a subsidized military through alliance with the US. They complain about increased US influence, but it's actually directly caused by who is defending whom.
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#9Without all that Sri Lanka finished war.
Re: The Economist: The World's Biggest Military Spenders by Population
#10I see these all the time, but never a single "spenders by GDP" chart. What gives? Seems like that info's more relevant anyways - how would they spend money they don't have?
> how would they spend money they don't have?
Absurd, isn't it?