Welcome back to the ‘Dataset of the Week’ blog series, where we bring you a mega compilation of free, available datasets on trending topics. The topic we chose for this week is ‘India-Pakistan Conflict’.
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India-Pakistan Conflict
This is a comprehensive dataset on the India-Pakistan conflict that includes information on various aspects of the conflict, such as wars, border skirmishes, political tensions, and the impact on civilians.
The four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan from 7–10 May 2025 had a cold impact, and the conflict began as an Indian response to the worst terror attack against civilians.
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List Of Available Datasets
1. Number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in India from 2014 to 2025
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036078/india-terrorist-incident-numbers-jammu-kashmir/
Description: According to the Indian government, there were several terrorist incidents in the conflict-ridden state of Jammu and Kashmir in the year 2024. The northernmost state had been at the center of a prolonged dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, owing to border tensions and religion-based ideological differences. This led to military insurgencies and terrorist activities of local separatists.
2. Expenditure on military as a share of government spending in India from 2008 to 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: 8 May, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612219/india-military-expenditure-share-of-government-spending/
Description: In 2024, India’s military expenditure was a percentage of its government spending, a decrease from the previous year. India was the fifth-largest military spender globally, with expenditure on the military exceeding trillion Indian rupees during that period.
3. Expenditure on military as a share of government spending in Pakistan from 2008 to 2024
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 23, 2025
Description: In 2024, Pakistan’s military expenditure was a percentage of its government spending, a decrease from the previous year. During this period, Pakistan allocated a significant portion of its military spending.
4. Share of defence imports to India from 2019 to 2024, by country of origin
Source: Statistica
Author: Shangliao Sun
Publish Date: May 20, 2025
Link: http://statista.com/statistics/1345382/india-share-of-defence-import-by-country/
Description: Between 2019 and 2024, the biggest defence exporter to India was Russia, with 36 percent of the period’s total defence imports. It was followed by France. During the presented period, India was the biggest arms importer in the world.
5. Number of civilians killed in terrorist incidents across Jammu and Kashmir in India from 2014 to 2025
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036089/india-civilian-deaths-jammu-kashmir-terrorism/
Description: According to the Indian government, around civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir due to terrorist incidents in 2024.
6. India–Pakistan Conflict Escalation Dataset 2000-2005
Source: Kaggle
Author: Aarchi Kunchal
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/aarchikunchal/indiapakistan-conflict-escalation-dataset
Description: A structured compilation of significant conflict events between India and Pakistan from 2000 to 2025. It encompasses a range of incidents, including terror attacks, border skirmishes, military operations, and diplomatic confrontations. Each event is annotated with detailed metadata to facilitate in-depth analysis of the escalation dynamics between the two nations.
7. Number of security personnel killed in terrorist incidents across Jammu and Kashmir in India from 2014 to 2025
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036235/india-security-personnel-deaths-jammu-kashmir-terrorism/
Description: According to the Indian government, security force personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir due to terrorist incidents in 2024. That year, there were approximately terrorist related incidents in the region, with several civilians losing their lives.
8. Number of terrorists* killed across Jammu and Kashmir in India from 2014 to 2025
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036265/india-terrorist-deaths-jammu-kashmir/
Description: According to the Indian government, terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir in counter-terrorist incidents in 2024. That same year, there were approximately terrorist-related incidents in the region, and along with defence personnel, civilians were killed.
9. Likelihood to travel to Kashmir in India as of April 2025
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 23, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612149/india-kashmir-travel-probability/
Description: According to a survey conducted in April 2025, respondents indicated that their likelihood to travel to Kashmir depended on how the government addressed safety issues. Meanwhile, over a percent of respondents stated they have no plans to travel to Kashmir.
10. Public opinion on Pakistan, Kashmir, and terrorism in India in 2018
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Sep 13, 2022
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/997998/india-opinion-on-pakistan-and-terrorism/
Description: This statistic represents the results of a survey about opinions on Pakistan, Kashmir, and terrorism in India in 2018. During the surveyed period, the share of respondents who believed Pakistan posed a serious threat to India was 76 percent. Respondents who thought terrorism posed a threat to India accounted for 65 percent.
11. Total number of active military personnel in India and Pakistan as of May 2025, by type
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 8, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612281/india-pakistan-active-military-personnel-by-type/
Description: India recorded more than twice the active military personnel compared to Pakistan as of 2025. Since partitioning and independence from the English in 1947, both countries have had clashes and disagreements over the years, with Jammu and Kashmir at the center of most conflicts. The most recent of these was an escalation after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, in May 2025.
12. Number of military equipment in India and Pakistan as of May 2025, by type
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 8, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612288/india-pakistan-military-equipment-by-type/
Description: While India had higher numbers of aircraft and vessels in the form of military equipment as of 2025, Pakistan’s arsenal of nuclear weapons was higher than India’s.
13. Number of security force personnel killed due to terrorist incidents in India from 2014 to 2018, by region*
Source: Statistica
Author: Manya Rathore
Publish Date: Sep 13, 2022
Description: According to the Indian government, about 91 security force personnel died due to terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, compared to 14 deaths in the north-eastern region of India in 2018 alone. Defence personnel deaths were the highest in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the other areas of the country.
14. Number of terrorists killed in India from 2014 to 2018, by region*
Source: Statistica
Author: Manya Rathore
Publish Date: Sep 13, 2022
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036532/india-terrorist-deaths-by-region/
Description: According to the Indian government, there were 257 terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018. On the other hand, 34 extremists were killed in the north-eastern region of the country that same year.
15. Global terrorism index 2024, top 50 countries
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Mar 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/271514/global-terrorism-index/
Description: The global terrorism index systematically ranks countries of the world according to their terrorist activity.
16. Estimated number of nuclear warheads worldwide in 2023, by country and deployment status
Source: Statistica
Author: Lorenzo Macchi
Publish Date: May 30, 2025
Description: As of 2023, Russia was estimated to have approximately 5,900 nuclear warheads, compared with the United States, which had 5,240 warheads.
17. Number of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in India in the financial year 2024, by type
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 8, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612269/india-capf-numbers-by-type/
Description: In the financial year 2024, the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) had the highest strength, which comprised over a thousand sanctioned positions and nearly a thousand personnel posted
18. Estimated amount spent on nuclear weapons worldwide in 2022, by country
Source: Statistica
Author: Lorenzo Macchi
Publish Date: May 30, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Description: In 2022, the United States spent approximately 44 billion U.S. dollars on nuclear weapons, the highest of any country in the world.
19. Number of nuclear tests worldwide from 1945 to 2020, by country
Source: Statistica
Author: Lorenzo Macchi
Publish Date: May 30, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263223/number-of-nuclear-tests-worldwide-by-country/
Description: This statistic shows the number of nuclear tests carried out by countries worldwide from 1945 until July 2020. A total of 1,030 nuclear tests have been performed by the United States since 1945.
20. Share of defence imports to Pakistan in 2024, by country of origin
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 23, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612450/pakistan-defence-imports-share-by-source/
Description: In 2024, Pakistan imported the largest share of defence imports, accounting for about percent. This was followed by imports from the Netherlands, which amounted to around percent during the same period.
21. Value of defence production in India from the financial year 2017 to 2024
Source: Statistica
Author: Shangliao Sun
Publish Date: Nov 26, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327793/india-defence-production-value/
Description: In the financial year 2024, the production value of the defence manufacturing sector in India was around 1.3 trillion Indian rupees, the highest during the presented period. Public sector undertakings contributed the majority of the production value.
22. Public opinion on Pakistan, Kashmir, and terrorism in India in 2018
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Sep 13, 2022
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/997998/india-opinion-on-pakistan-and-terrorism/
Description: This statistic represents the results of a survey about opinions on Pakistan, Kashmir, and terrorism in India in 2018. During the surveyed time, the share of respondents who thought Pakistan posed a serious threat to India accounted for 76 percent. Respondents who thought terrorism posed a threat to India accounted for 65 percent.
23. Number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, 2014-2025
Source: Statistica
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036078/india-terrorist-incident-numbers-jammu-kashmir/
Description: According to the Indian government, there were over terrorist incidents in the conflict-ridden state of Jammu and Kashmir in the year 2024. The northernmost state had been at the center of a prolonged dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, owing to border tensions and religion-based ideological differences. This led to military insurgencies and terrorist activities of local separatists.
24. India’s Defence Budget Outgrows Pakistan’s
Source: Statistica
Author: Katharina Buchholz
Publish Date: May 6, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/chart/17197/india-and-pakistan-defence-budget/
Description: India is the larger nation of the two and also has a larger military budget, according to data by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Recently, India has grown its defence budget significantly, far outperforming Pakistan.
25. Price of polyester staple fiber (PSF) in China vs India, and Pakistan from 2021 to 2024
Source: Statistica
Author: C. Textor
Publish Date: Dec 12, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1545750/china-psf-price-trend/
Description: Prices for polyester staple fiber (PSF) in China were significantly lower compared to India and Pakistan in recent years.
26. Pakistan – Conflict Events
Source: humdata.org
Author: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Link: http://data.humdata.org/dataset/pakistan-acled-conflict-data
Description: The total number of reported political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Pakistan.
Additionally Available Resources
1. How the India-Pakistan conflict pushed planes off course
Source: Reuters
Author: Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
Publish Date: May 8, 2025
Link: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/INDIA-PAKISTAN/AIRLINES/gkpljznelpb/
Description: Fresh tension between India and Pakistan has hit the commercial aviation industry, forcing rerouting of flights and cancellations.
2. Conflict Between India and Pakistan
Source: Global Conflict Tracker
Author: The Center for Preventive Action
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-between-india-and-pakistan
Description: A deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, has triggered a sharp escalation between India and Pakistan, with both sides exchanging gunfire across the Line of Control and downgrading diplomatic ties.
3. On India-Pakistan Conflict, The United States Needs to Tread Carefully
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Author: Manjari Chatterjee Miller
Publish Date: May 7, 2025
Link: https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/india-pakistan-conflict-united-states-needs-tread-carefully
Description: India’s aerial attacks on Pakistan mark a sharp escalation in tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations following an attack in Kashmir that killed twenty-six tourists and posing a dilemma for U.S. policymakers.
4. The Latest Attack in Kashmir Escalates India-Pakistan Tensions
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Author: Manjari Chatterjee Miller
Publish Date: April 25, 2025
Link: https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/latest-attack-kashmir-escalates-india-pakistan-tensions
Description: The latest attack on civilian tourists in Kashmir has been one of the worst attacks in the region since 2019, resulting in a tit-for-tat measure between India and Pakistan.
5. India and Pakistan Are Perilously Close to the Brink
Source: Foreign Affairs
Author: Sushant Singh
Publish Date: April 29, 2025
Link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/india/india-pakistan-kashmir-are-perilously-close-brink?
Description: Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged fire across the LOC every day since the attack.
6. Conflict Data Between India and Pakistan
Source: UCDP
Link: https://ucdp.uu.se/country/750
Description: India witnessed three interstate conflicts and seven intrastate conflicts before 1989. The interstate ones were both border conflicts, pitting India against Pakistan and China, respectively.
Conclusion
With this, we end this week’s ‘Dataset of the Week’ blog. Make sure to check out our previously published blogs in ‘Dataset of the Week’ on Newsdata.io. I hope to see you again next week for yet another blog on trending topics.
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