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Australia's defence expenditure
$34.6 billion in 2017–18. https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-releases/budget-2017-18-defence-budget-overview The Government will provide Defence with $31.9 billion in 2015–16 and $132.6 billion over the Forward Estimates. http://www.defence.gov.au/Budget/15-16/
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Nonsensical data from worldpopulationreview.com
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The current revision of this list relies heavily on a source called worldpopulationreview.com. I have no idea why this website is considered reliable enough to pass WP:RS, but some of the data is clearly nonsense. Tajikistan does not have a military budget of $1.60 billion - the CIA Fact Book suggests a much more sensible figure of $360 million for 2019. Neither does Uruguay spend a whopping $5 billion on defense, which again is just ludicrous given the size of the economy. eh bien mon prince (talk) 23:11, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- The IISS and SIPRI datasets that source the two tables are far and away the most widely trusted sources on this subject. I agree that WPR is a poor substitute. Drjjoyner (talk) 13:42, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Underlying lk Over a month has passed since your original post with no objections, so I am going to remove the table entirely due to the source failing WP:RS. The inclusion of GDP from another source in the same table can be also construed as WP:SYNTHESIS due to clear reinterpetation of data. Moreover, resulting percentages are redundant given specific GDP share data tables already provided further on in the article. To summarize, there is no reason to keep unreliable and confusing data in the article. Should an editor feel strongly about this edit, please provide rationale before reverting and please open an appropriate thread at RSN to discuss the source. Ppt91talk 00:16, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
New data released in April 2023
There was new data released by SIPRI on 24 April 2023, which could be added to the main page: Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2022. Kookiethebird (talk) 05:15, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
Bias
Neither War on the Rocks nor Defense News is unbiased. They are appendages of the military industrial complex. So why are their opinions acceptable in this context? Of course opposing views could be included. Nicmart (talk) 23:14, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
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