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Dataset of military expenditure and rural land area of countries

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This dataset is about countries, has 194 rows and is 95% filled with non-null values. It features 3 columns: country, military expenditure, and rural land area. The preview is ordered by population (descending).

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There are 3 fields used in this dataset, including filters:

  • Country: Name of country.
  • Military Expenditure (% of GDP): Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons.
  • Rural Land Area (km²): Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

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This dataset is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

This dataset can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license.