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This Visualisation shows global arms transfers from 1950-2017.
It was heavily inspired by this Video by Will Geary's (@wgeary) -
https://vimeo.com/286751571
Since I wanted to see how other countries that are known to be large arms-exporters would look in such an animation, I decided to create an interactive version in which you can select any countries you want to be displayed.
The dataset was retrieved from SIPRI - the Stockholm International Peace Research Institue. -
https://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers
The SVG world map was retrieved from AMCharts at
https://www.amcharts.com/svg-maps/?map=world
If you have a suggestion or found a bug feel free to open an issue on the GitHub Repo.
Cleaned dataset by removing:
All deals where Supplier or Recipient is unknown.
All deals which had multiple sellers without specification which.
Deals with the UN, NATO, Regional Security System (RSSS), OSCE & African Union as seller or buyer
and consolidating the following groups:
Amal (Lebanon)* -> Lebanon
ANC (South Africa)* -> South Africa
Anti-Castro rebels (Cuba)* -> Cuba
Armas (Guatemala) -> Guatemala
Biafra -> Nigeria
contras (Nicaragua)* -> Nicaragua
El Salvador (FMLN) -> El Salvador
ELF (Ethiopia)* -> Ethiopia
FNLA (Angola)* -> Angola
GUNT (Chad)* -> Chad
Haiti Rebels -> Haiti
Hezbollah (Lebanon)* -> Lebanon
Huthi rebels (Yemen)* -> Yemen
Indonesia Rebels -> Indonesia
Khmer Rouge (Cambodia)* -> Cambodia
Lebanon Palestinian rebels* -> Lebanon
LF (Lebanon)* -> Lebanon
libya GNC -> Libya
Libya HoR -> Libya
LTTE (Sri Lanka)* -> Sri Lanka
Macedonia (FYROM) -> Macedonia
MTA (Myanmar)* -> Myanmar
Mujahedin (Afghanistan)* -> Afghanistan
Northern Alliance (Afghanistan)* -> Afghanistan
Northern Cyprus -> Cyprus
SLA (Lebanon)* -> Lebanon
SNA (Somalia)* -> Somalia
Southern rebels (Yemen)* -> Yemen
Soviet Union -> Russia
Syria Rebels -> Syria
UIC (Somalia)* -> Somalia
Ukraine Rebels* -> Ukraine
UNITA (Angola)* -> Angola
Viet Cong -> Vietnam
Viet Minh -> Vietnam
Viet Nam -> Vietnam
ZAPU -> Zimbabwe
* Other plugins used:
Color Picker - https://bgrins.github.io/spectrum/ by bgrins
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