This visualization is building on a visualization of arms data developed by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the Igarape Institute which, in turn, builds on a project done by Google Ideas.
The data used, are the publicly available series of the Bank for International Settlements' International Banking Statistics. It is work in progress and is best experienced with Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. For further information please contact Iman van Lelyveld or Dieter Wang.