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Dataset
Military expenditure, arms transfers and personnel (SIPRI via World Bank)
Public ID
ADG-DAT-2026-016
Version
observatory/2026-09-08
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 (World Bank); SIPRI data attribution required
1993-12-31 — 2024-12-31Period
Regional — West AfricaCoverage
QuantitativeCategory
OpenAccess
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Military expenditure, arms transfers and personnel (SIPRI via World Bank). Collected from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (academic) on a annual cadence. 111 records spanning 1993-12-31 to 2024-12-31, covering NGA, SLE, BFA, TGO, MRT, LBR, BEN, GNB, NER, CIV, GIN, MLI, GHA, SEN, GMB, CPV. Evidence is content-addressed: every record carries a SHA-256 hash of the exact bytes retrieved, the source URL, the date the source published it and the date it was fetched.
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Military capability indicators
| country | indicator | domain | unit | recent values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | Military expenditure | expenditure | current US$ | 2022: 110010370.317322 2023: 149035288.004743 2024: 154107719.732787 |
| Benin | Military expenditure, share of GDP | expenditure | % of GDP | 2022: 0.632087491743063 2023: 0.757551382919002 2024: 0.720549619940377 |
| Benin | Military expenditure, share of government spending | expenditure | % of central government expenditure | 2022: 3.18208570621571 2023: 3.95174321558336 2024: 3.80297239984194 |
| Benin | Arms imports | transfers | SIPRI TIV (constant 1990 US$) | 2022: 3000000.0 2023: 11000000.0 2024: 6000000.0 |
| Benin | Armed forces personnel | personnel | people | 2018: 12250.0 2019: 12000.0 2020: 12000.0 |
| Benin | Armed forces personnel, share of labour force | personnel | % of total labour force | 2018: 0.232573637085262 2019: 0.219806950881939 2020: 0.214094329247819 |
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Variables and indicators
records: 111
temporal span: 1993-12-31 to 2024-12-31
countries covered: 16
data kind: quantitative
evidence class: secondary
licence: CC-BY-4.0 (World Bank); SIPRI data attribution required
republishable: yes
top countries: NGA (8), SLE (7), BFA (7), TGO (7), MRT (7)
record types: military_series (111)
temporal span: 1993-12-31 to 2024-12-31
countries covered: 16
data kind: quantitative
evidence class: secondary
licence: CC-BY-4.0 (World Bank); SIPRI data attribution required
republishable: yes
top countries: NGA (8), SLE (7), BFA (7), TGO (7), MRT (7)
record types: military_series (111)
Method
Content-addressed collection (SHA-256). Evidence class: secondary / republisher. Cadence: annual.
How to cite
ADG Library Editorial (31 December 2024). Military expenditure, arms transfers and personnel (SIPRI via World Bank). Axel Dev Group — ADG Library, Dataset ADG-DAT-2026-016. https://library.axeldevlab.com/node/169
@techreport{ADG-DAT-2026-016,
title = {{Military expenditure, arms transfers and personnel (SIPRI via World Bank)}},
author = {ADG Library Editorial},
institution = {Axel Dev Group --- ADG Library},
type = {Dataset},
number = {ADG-DAT-2026-016},
year = {2024},
url = {https://library.axeldevlab.com/node/169}
}
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