The FIRST system offers researchers, politicians and the media an authoritative and structured factual reference system on international relations and security trends. It contains high-quality, up-to-date and clearly documented information in areas such as:
+ conflicts, arms transfers and military expenditure
+ hard facts on states and international organizations
+ economic and social statistics
+ chronologies
The system allows the user to search through more than 40 databases from different institutes around the world through a single user-friendly interface.
The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database provides military expenditure data by country in the following three formats:
+ in local currency, at current prices. 1988-2007
+ in US dollars, at constant (2005) prices and exchange rates, 1988-2007
+ as a share (%) of gross domestic product (GDP), 1988-2006
SIPRI military expenditure data is based on open sources only, including a SIPRI questionnaire which is sent out annually to all countries included in the database. The collected data is processed to achieve consistent time series which are, as far as possible, in accordance with the SIPRI definition of military expenditure, detailed in the sources and methods.
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is a fully searchable online database containing information on all international transfers of seven categories of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year. It can be used to generate detailed written reports and statistical data. To access the database select which output format you wish to generate and follow the instructions provided:
The SIPRI Multilateral Peace Operations Database is a uniquely source of transparent and reliable data on all multilateral peace operations (both UN and non-UN) conducted around the world.
It contains information on where an operation is located, the dates of its deployment and operation, the mission mandate, the participating countries, the approved and actual number of personnel deployed, broken down into personnel types, the financial costs and the number of fatalities suffered.
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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