Data Explorer
Click or tap on the titles or thumbnails below to explore cursor-responsive visualizations of CFPI data including downloadable tables. For a detailed methodological explanation, download the paper. The data explorer will continue to add country-years of data and deep dives into individual state arsenal compositions; check the changelog to see what’s new.
Full Dataset
Downloadable as a table or comma-delimited file containing all 6,500+ elements of the CFPI dataset. If you’ve read the paper and plan to perform your own analysis of the country-years indexed thus far, this is what you need.
CFPI Scores
Curated visual aids depicting the distribution of conventional firepower potential by domain among the country-years indexed thus far.
CFP-to-GDP Ratios
Curated visual aids depicting conventional firepower potential in proportion to the most recent estimate of nominal GDP for the country-years indexed thus far.
Extra-regional Projection CFP
Curated visual aids depicting conventional firepower potential derived from extended flight-capable armed fixed-wing aircraft and ocean-going (blue-water) naval vessels.