Global Militarization Index

scale 0-1,000, 1990–2016

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    1990 Ranking
    1. Israel 990.54
    2. Syria 922.17
    3. Singapore 921.44
    4. Cyprus 882.75
    5. Albania 880.80
    6. Kuwait 878.72
    7. Angola 876.69
    8. Mongolia 871.49
    9. South Korea 855.48
    10. Bulgaria 854.00
    11. Vietnam 849.63
    12. Greece 838.70
    13. Turkey 809.13
    14. Egypt 804.95
    15. Jordan 803.47
    16. Romania 799.99
    17. Qatar 791.85
    18. Oman 785.81
    19. Hungary 776.39
    20. Belgium 774.75
    21. Sweden 774.29
    22. United States 766.92
    23. Saudi Arabia 762.52
    24. Finland 760.45
    25. Poland 754.70
    26. Pakistan 753.04
    27. Chile 739.64
    28. France 729.25
    29. Lebanon 728.60
    30. Peru 724.13
    31. Denmark 723.28
    32. Thailand 717.35
    33. Portugal 715.06
    34. Malaysia 707.29
    35. Norway 704.68
    36. Mozambique 697.37
    37. Algeria 697.22
    38. Brunei 688.16
    39. Austria 682.88
    40. Spain 675.80
    41. Ecuador 672.16
    42. Congo (Brazzaville) 670.71
    43. Bahrain 668.38
    44. Paraguay 667.51
    45. Switzerland 665.17
    46. Honduras 659.75
    47. Italy 659.22
    48. Zimbabwe 657.82
    49. Morocco 656.70
    50. Sri Lanka 655.23
    51. Seychelles 648.41
    52. Botswana 644.90
    53. New Zealand 642.46
    54. El Salvador 641.29
    55. Guatemala 639.78
    56. Iran 637.15
    57. South Africa 634.65
    58. Australia 633.42
    59. Brazil 633.13
    60. Argentina 626.06
    61. Uruguay 624.27
    62. Canada 623.63
    63. Ethiopia 621.70
    64. Tunisia 621.15
    65. Bolivia 619.10
    66. Burma (Myanmar) 618.03
    67. Philippines 616.13
    68. Zambia 610.25
    69. Colombia 607.65
    70. Netherlands 599.80
    71. Chad 583.22
    72. United Kingdom 568.26
    73. Belize 562.02
    74. Sudan 559.63
    75. Burundi 557.21
    76. Venezuela 555.82
    77. Uganda 551.26
    78. Burkina Faso 550.59
    79. Kenya 548.14
    80. Ireland 545.37
    81. Guyana 545.03
    82. Senegal 544.11
    83. Mali 543.29
    84. Lesotho 541.00
    85. Fiji 539.54
    86. Cambodia 537.17
    87. China 526.23
    88. Indonesia 523.80
    89. Japan 522.71
    90. Madagascar 522.59
    91. Mauritania 521.94
    92. Rwanda 519.18
    93. Benin 518.41
    94. Mexico 508.06
    95. India 505.65
    96. Togo 503.13
    97. Tanzania 501.73
    98. Dominican Republic 491.79
    99. Luxembourg 491.18
    100. Cameroon 490.83
    101. Cape Verde 490.41
    102. Jamaica 480.33
    103. Malawi 477.16
    104. Nigeria 475.02
    105. Panama 466.53
    106. Bangladesh 464.28
    107. Germany 447.28
    108. Guinea Bissau 446.44
    109. Papua New Guinea 435.84
    110. Nepal 432.28
    111. Liberia 431.38
    112. Niger 428.79
    113. Ivory Coast 416.65
    114. Ghana 416.47
    115. Sierra Leone 402.47
    116. Somalia 386.01
    117. Malta 374.83
    118. Haiti 325.59
    119. Gambia 294.68
    120. Mauritius 63.11
    2016 Ranking
    1. Israel 888.62
    2. Singapore 867.10
    3. Armenia 832.69
    4. Russia 805.61
    5. South Korea 798.15
    6. Kuwait 794.28
    7. Jordan 789.18
    8. Cyprus 784.88
    9. Greece 784.00
    10. Brunei 780.24
    11. Azerbaijan 774.92
    12. Belarus 761.31
    13. Oman 756.58
    14. Algeria 750.77
    15. Bahrain 743.20
    16. Ukraine 738.23
    17. Saudi Arabia 736.68
    18. Mongolia 729.26
    19. Vietnam 726.82
    20. Lebanon 714.75
    21. United Arab Emirates 713.38
    22. Iran 710.69
    23. Morocco 709.73
    24. Finland 706.53
    25. Turkey 702.05
    26. Estonia 696.74
    27. Cuba 695.63
    28. Egypt 694.21
    29. Portugal 680.04
    30. Romania 675.87
    31. United States 672.19
    32. Serbia 668.56
    33. Chile 664.88
    34. Thailand 664.42
    35. Norway 664.16
    36. Lithuania 661.50
    37. Burma (Myanmar) 659.79
    38. Iraq 658.75
    39. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 656.24
    40. Sri Lanka 655.08
    41. Botswana 654.87
    42. Mauritania 651.10
    43. Cambodia 650.55
    44. Angola 650.34
    45. Congo (Brazzaville) 646.51
    46. Peru 639.37
    47. Sudan 637.29
    48. Namibia 636.10
    49. Montenegro 633.47
    50. Denmark 625.78
    51. Switzerland 624.77
    52. Pakistan 622.72
    53. Colombia 622.12
    54. Malaysia 621.39
    55. Georgia 619.45
    56. Uruguay 618.27
    57. Kyrgyzstan 612.32
    58. Ecuador 605.89
    59. Chad 605.39
    60. Bulgaria 604.05
    61. Hungary 603.39
    62. Slovenia 601.76
    63. France 599.98
    64. Burundi 599.92
    65. Poland 596.02
    66. Guinea Bissau 591.34
    67. Paraguay 590.13
    68. Gabon 589.32
    69. United Kingdom 589.29
    70. Tunisia 586.08
    71. Bolivia 585.86
    72. Croatia 584.73
    73. Zimbabwe 584.47
    74. Afghanistan 582.44
    75. Brazil 580.70
    76. El Salvador 578.47
    77. Guyana 577.38
    78. Latvia 573.32
    79. Austria 572.57
    80. Italy 571.90
    81. Fiji 569.90
    82. Honduras 569.88
    83. Moldova 569.70
    84. Kazakhstan 565.24
    85. India 564.41
    86. Laos 561.79
    87. Australia 552.66
    88. Nepal 550.99
    89. Belgium 549.78
    90. Indonesia 549.64
    91. Sweden 548.64
    92. China 546.55
    93. Spain 545.72
    94. Rwanda 542.92
    95. Slovakia 540.58
    96. Uganda 537.32
    97. South Sudan 536.82
    98. Canada 534.95
    99. Tanzania 533.27
    100. Venezuela 526.73
    101. Netherlands 526.11
    102. Togo 525.89
    103. Bosnia and Herzegovina 525.45
    104. Germany 522.02
    105. Guinea 521.21
    106. Philippines 519.38
    107. Zambia 518.76
    108. Senegal 518.15
    109. Czech Republic 516.99
    110. Nicaragua 515.06
    111. New Zealand 514.58
    112. Japan 508.00
    113. Guatemala 506.66
    114. South Africa 505.98
    115. Argentina 501.71
    116. Ethiopia 498.52
    117. Luxembourg 497.82
    118. Congo (Kinshasa) 495.91
    119. Mali 489.45
    120. Cameroon 489.34
    121. Bangladesh 485.12
    122. Dominican Republic 478.89
    123. Mexico 477.89
    124. Tajikistan 476.26
    125. Benin 475.39
    126. Ireland 465.34
    127. Niger 464.50
    128. Mozambique 461.07
    129. Equatorial Guinea 460.09
    130. Jamaica 454.70
    131. Kenya 452.35
    132. Burkina Faso 450.04
    133. Ivory Coast 449.55
    134. Belize 448.27
    135. Lesotho 444.90
    136. Nigeria 419.57
    137. Libya 418.52
    138. Mauritius 411.04
    139. Madagascar 408.86
    140. Sierra Leone 400.81
    141. Seychelles 399.87
    142. Timor Leste 394.65
    143. Ghana 388.42
    144. Albania 374.90
    145. Trinidad and Tobago 373.22
    146. Malawi 365.42
    147. Malta 363.38
    148. Cape Verde 354.31
    149. Gambia 343.52
    150. Liberia 307.92
    151. Papua New Guinea 284.98

    Related Interstate Conflict Datasets

    The GMI is divided into three overarching categories: expenditure, personnel, and heavy weapons. The expenditure category is the most heavily weighted, and it is comprised of military expenditures as a percentage of GDP and military expenditures in relation to health spending. The personnel category is comprised of military and paramilitary personnel in relation to population and military and paramilitary personnel in relation to the number of physicians. Finally, the weapons category captures the number of heavy weapons in relation to population.

    Source: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)