Mapping Arms Data (MAD) visualization

The Igarapé Institute, Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT), Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Google

The Mapping Arms Data (MAD) project offers an interactive small arms and ammunition online mapping tool presenting arms flows around the globe. Incorporated is data on the trade in small arms and their ammunition between 1992 and 2012. The animated globe displays arms flows by country. Furthermore, trade figures on imports and exports can be viewed as a graph.

Tags: SALW, online tool, arms trade, trafficking, tracing, transparency, military expenditure