{"id": 524229, "name": "bioweapons_status_current_num", "unit": "", "description": "The variable identifies whether a country pursues, possesses, or has recently used biological weapons, using information from Arms Control Association (2022), Nuclear Threat Initiative (2022), Center for Nonproliferation Studies (2008) and the UN (2022).\n\nA country is coded as pursuing biological weapons if it is increasing its capabilities or has a dedicated program. A country is coded as possessing biological weapons if it has weapons which it can deliver.\n\nThe variable also identifies when a country was alleged by another country of pursuing, possessing, or using biological weapons, but these allegations have not been confirmed by the country itself or impartial observers.\n\nA country receives a score of 0 if it neither pursues nor possesses biological weapons, and a score of 1 if it allegedly pursues them.", "createdAt": "2022-09-05T12:05:28.000Z", "updatedAt": "2023-06-15T05:05:42.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "", "datasetId": 5679, "columnOrder": 0, "dataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/524229.data.json", "metadataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/524229.metadata.json", "datasetName": "Biological and chemical weapons proliferation \u2013 OWID based on Arms Control Association (2022), Nuclear Threat Initiative (2022), Center for Nonproliferation Studies (2008) and the UN (2022)", "type": "int", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"includeInTable": true}, "source": {"id": 26703, "name": "Our World in Data based on ACA (2022), NTI (2022), CNS (2008), UN (2022)", "dataPublishedBy": "Our World in Data based on ACA (2022), NTI (2022), CNS (2008), UN (2022)", "dataPublisherSource": "Information comes from Arms Control Association (2022), Nuclear Threat Initiative (2022), Center for Nonproliferation Studies (2008) and the UN (2022)", "link": "https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/cbwprolif; https://www.nti.org/countries/; https://nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2008-Chemical-and-Biological-Weapons_-Possession-and-Programs-Past-and-Present.pdf; https://treaties.unoda.org/t/bwc; https://treaties.unoda.org/t/cwc", "retrievedDate": "2022-09-05", "additionalInfo": "This dataset provides information on countries activities' on biological and chemical weapons, using information from Arms Control Association (2022), Nuclear Threat Initiative (2022), Center for Nonproliferation Studies (2008), the UN (2022), and a few supplementary sources.\n\nYou can download the code and complete dataset, including supplementary variables and country profiles with additional information, from GitHub: https://github.com/owid/notebooks/tree/main/BastianHerre/biological_chemical_weapons"}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2022}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 1, "name": "United Kingdom", "code": "GBR"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Ireland", "code": "IRL"}, {"id": 3, "name": "France", "code": "FRA"}, {"id": 4, "name": "Belgium", "code": "BEL"}, {"id": 5, "name": "Netherlands", "code": "NLD"}, {"id": 6, "name": "Germany", "code": "DEU"}, {"id": 7, "name": "Switzerland", "code": "CHE"}, {"id": 8, "name": "Italy", "code": "ITA"}, {"id": 9, "name": "Spain", "code": "ESP"}, {"id": 10, "name": "Sweden", "code": "SWE"}, {"id": 11, "name": "Poland", "code": "POL"}, {"id": 12, "name": "Russia", "code": "RUS"}, {"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}, {"id": 14, "name": "Japan", "code": "JPN"}, {"id": 15, "name": "Afghanistan", "code": "AFG"}, {"id": 16, "name": "Albania", "code": "ALB"}, {"id": 17, "name": "Algeria", "code": "DZA"}, {"id": 18, "name": "Andorra", "code": "AND"}, {"id": 19, "name": "Angola", "code": "AGO"}, {"id": 20, "name": "Antigua and Barbuda", "code": "ATG"}, {"id": 21, "name": "Argentina", "code": "ARG"}, {"id": 22, "name": "Armenia", "code": "ARM"}, {"id": 23, "name": "Australia", "code": "AUS"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Austria", "code": "AUT"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Azerbaijan", "code": "AZE"}, {"id": 26, "name": "Bahamas", "code": "BHS"}, {"id": 27, "name": "Bahrain", "code": "BHR"}, {"id": 28, "name": "Bangladesh", "code": "BGD"}, {"id": 29, "name": "Barbados", "code": "BRB"}, {"id": 30, "name": "Belarus", "code": "BLR"}, {"id": 31, "name": "Belize", "code": "BLZ"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Benin", "code": "BEN"}, {"id": 33, "name": "Bhutan", "code": "BTN"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Bolivia", "code": "BOL"}, {"id": 35, 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