List of countries by Global Militarization Index

Mapped results by country, where dark shades show a higher GMI

This is a list of countries by Global Militarization Index based on Bonn International Center for Conversion in 2013.^[1]

Global Militarization Index

The Global Militarization Index (GMI) depicts the relative weight and importance of the military apparatus of one state in relation to its society as a whole. For this, the GMI home a number of indicators to represent the degree of militarization of a country:^[2]

• comparison of military expenditure with its gross domestic product (GDP);
• comparison of military expenditure with its health expenditure;
• contrast between the total number of (para)military forces with the number of physicians, and the overall population;
• ratio of the number of heavy weapons available and the overall population.

Note: there is no reliable data on military spending, number of armed forces, and number of heavy weapons systems on North Korea. This makes a calculation of its level of militarization impossible although it is possible that it would top the list.

List

Rank	Country/Territory	GMI Value
1	Israel	831.62
2	Singapore	800.95
3	Armenia	782.99
4	Syria	773.56
5	Russia	760.95
6	Cyprus	756.12
7	South Korea	756.72
8	Jordan	748.74
9	Greece	746.78
10	Azerbaijan	746.19
11	Belarus	735.28
12	Kuwait	732.55
13	Ukraine	714.69
14	Brunei	712.59
15	Mongolia	712.27
16	Oman	703.58
17	Finland	702.23
18	Algeria	701.39
19	Bahrain	679.95
20	Saudi Arabia	693.56
21	Estonia	692.99
22	Vietnam	691.03
23	Belize	689.48
24	Turkey	689.06
25	Lebanon	685.09
26	Egypt	683.86
27	Bulgaria	681.54
28	Portugal	681.15
29	Morocco	680.89
30	Iran	674.96
31	United States of America	605.97
32	Iran	597.56
33	Chile	592.77
34	Estonia	586.37
35	Iraq	581.79
36	Yemen	574.37
37	Croatia	571.78
38	Qatar	571.34
39	Republic of Serbia	570.94
40	Ecuador	569.98
41	Sri Lanka	564.32
42	Macedonia	560.65
43	Norway	560.00
44	Djibouti	559.04
45	Thailand	551.36
46	Mauritania	551.23
47	Romania	550.09
48	Botswana	541.74
49	Cambodia	541.42
50	Peru	540.87
51	Georgia	530.71
52	Colombia	530.11
53	Namibia	529.75
54	Pakistan	528.69
55	Denmark	525.47
56	Kyrgyzstan	523.66
57	Malaysia	517.79
58	Sweden	515.82
59	Lithuania	514.27
60	Chad	512.59
61	Slovenia	512.50
62	France	510.87
63	Switzerland	505.37
64	United Kingdom	504.34
65	Spain	503.31
66	Burundi	502.08
67	Austria	499.98
68	Italy	492.87
69	Hungary	478.72
70	Bolivia	474.87
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	469.09
72	Kazakhstan	461.09
73	Paraguay	460.65
74	Honduras	460.50
75	India	459.23
76	Australia	457.88
77	Uruguay	454.88
78	Brazil	453.09
79	Gabon	451.48
80	Poland	449.14
81	Germany	443.26
82	Tunisia	435.43
83	Slovakia	433.03
84	Afghanistan	429.63
85	China	428.88
86	Republic of the Congo	428.05
87	Canada	424.44
88	Rwanda	423.83
89	Latvia	418.05
90	Venezuela	412.26
91	Zambia	411.97
92	Montenegro	411.40
93	Central African Republic	406.90
94	Laos	406.87
95	Indonesia	405.64
96	Czech Republic	404.64
97	El Salvador	402.84
98	Zimbabwe	402.00
99	Ethiopia	400.17
100	Albania	398.37
101	Belgium	398.37
102	Democratic Republic of the Congo	396.26
103	Uganda	394.83
104	Togo	393.47
105	Moldova	391.40
106	United Republic of Tanzania	386.22
107	Mali	385.83
108	South Africa	381.88
109	Netherlands	380.83
110	Netherlands Antilles	380.83
111	Ireland	380.67
112	New Zealand	380.19
113	Nepal	371.99
114	Nicaragua	366.92
115	Senegal	366.20
116	Japan	364.22
117	Philippines	360.07
118	Cameroon	358.49
119	Kenya	357.65
120	Ivory Coast	350.32
121	Guatemala	348.16
122	Argentina	346.50
123	Mozambique	328.48
124	Nigeria	326.88
125	Bangladesh	324.40
126	Mexico	316.80
127	Benin	316.38
128	Lesotho	299.46
129	Burkina Faso	292.18
130	Dominican Republic	288.99
131	Madagascar	264.87
132	Niger	264.34
133	Jamaica	239.97
134	Malawi	215.24
135	Ghana	211.00
136	Mauritius	184.15
137	Gambia	147.38

See also

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• Arms industry
• Military budget
• Military budget of the United States
• Military of the European Union

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