Defense Expenditures for NATO States

A data set on military ("defense") expenditures for NATO members in 2015 and 2024.

Usage

natodefspend

Format

A data frame with 32 observations on the following 7 variables.

state

an English country name for the state

iso3c

a three-character ISO code for the state

joined

the year the state joined NATO

milexp15

military expenditures (current USD) in 2015

gdp15

gross domestic product (current USD) in 2015

milexp24

military expenditures (current USD) in 2024

gdp24

gross domestic product (current USD) in 2024

Details

Data come by way of a WDI() call from the WDI package. Military expenditures originally reported by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Gross domestic product comes from various sources as disseminated by the World Bank.