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Get data from SIPRI Military Expenditure (Milex) Database

Source: R/sipri_get_data.R
sipri_get_data.Rd

The sipri_get_data function retrieves military expenditure data from the SIPRI Milex database. It provides multiple indicators including constant USD, current USD, share of GDP, and more. You can also join footnotes to the results and enable caching for faster queries.

Usage

sipri_get_data(
  indicator = "constantUSD",
  verbose = FALSE,
  footnotes = FALSE,
  cache = TRUE
)

Arguments

indicator

Character vector. The type of data to download. Must be one of: "constantUSD", "currentUSD", "shareOfGDP", "shareGovt", "regionalTotals", "currencyFY", "currencyCY", "perCapita", or "all". Default is "constantUSD".

verbose

Logical. If TRUE, prints additional details about the query process. Default is FALSE.

footnotes

Logical. If TRUE, joins footnotes to the result table. Default is FALSE.

cache

Logical. If TRUE, caches the response and processed data to avoid re-querying. Default is TRUE.

Value

A tibble containing the requested data.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Retrieve military expenditure data in constant 2022 USD
milex_data <- sipri_get_data(indicator = "constantUSD",
    verbose = TRUE,
    footnotes = TRUE)

# Retrieve regional totals without caching
regional_totals <- sipri_get_data(indicator = "regionalTotals", cache = FALSE)
} # }