List of countries by Global Militarization Index

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

The list of countries by Global Militarization Index is based on Bonn International Center for Conversion, with the latest data for the year 2014.

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:^[1]

• 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	Military Expenditure Index Score	Military Personal Index Score	Heavy Weapons Index Score
1	Israel	890	5.86	5.98	3.50
2	Singapore	868	5.67	6.17	3.21
3	Armenia	836	5.84	5.88	2.90
4	Jordan	808	5.60	5.45	3.19
5	Korea, Republic of	801	5.41	5.86	2.88
6	Russia	795	5.79	5.06	3.22
7	Cyprus	794	5.25	5.58	3.23
8	Azerbaijan	786	5.85	5.29	2.82
9	Kuwait	772	5.76	4.91	3.10
10	Greece	772	5.24	5.32	3.20
11	Brunei	769	5.77	5.23	2.71
12	Belarus	761	4.98	5.63	3.01
13	Oman	751	6.61	4.15	2.72
14	Algeria	743	5.90	4.92	2.55
15	Bahrain	739	5.82	4.36	3.15
16	Mongolia	738	4.90	5.24	3.17
17	Saudi Arabia	735	6.49	3.91	2.86
18	Vietnam	728	5.37	5.39	2.42
19	Lebanon	728	5.76	4.28	3.13
20	Morocco	720	5.69	5.02	2.37
21	Finland	718	4.96	5.15	2.93
22	Ukraine	716	5.52	4.85	2.65
23	Turkey	716	5.37	4.93	2.73
24	United Arab Emirates	713	6.04	3.87	3.06
25	Estonia	706	5.31	4.84	2.73
26	Egypt	705	5.21	4.99	2.67
27	Iran	700	5.35	4.95	2.50
28	Bulgaria	690	5.09	5.19	2.40
29	United States of America	683	5.40	4.39	2.79
30	Portugal	682	5.14	5.09	2.33
31	Angola	679	6.01	4.14	2.38
32	Serbia	677	5.24	4.57	2.68
33	Yemen	671	5.77	4.10	2.54
34	Romania	667	5.05	4.62	2.69
35	Chile	665	5.23	4.65	2.45
36	Thailand	664	5.19	4.95	2.19
37	Iraq	664	5.80	3.88	2.64
38	Norway	658	4.94	4.65	2.64
39	Myanmar	656	6.07	4.22	1.92
40	Peru	651	5.08	4.90	2.16
41	Mauritania	648	5.81	4.16	2.15
42	Chad	648	6.18	4.02	1.91
43	Congo, Republic of	647	6.04	3.83	2.23
44	Namibia	645	5.76	4.08	2.23
45	Sri Lanka	644	5.58	4.51	1.96
46	Cambodia	643	5.12	4.58	2.35
47	Denmark	642	4.90	4.42	2.71
48	Macedonia	638	4.99	4.24	2.75
49	Botswana	637	5.31	3.97	2.69
50	Ecuador	634	5.44	4.59	1.89
51	Montenegro	634	5.19	4.39	2.34
52	Malaysia	626	5.21	4.40	2.20
53	Switzerland	625	4.55	4.48	2.77
54	Pakistan	619	5.77	3.82	2.14
55	Kyrgyzstan	618	5.62	3.46	2.62
56	Guinea-Bissau	616	5.23	4.15	2.30
57	Georgia	615	5.29	3.73	2.65
58	Colombia	613	5.60	4.55	1.50
59	France	606	5.21	3.93	2.41
60	Paraguay	605	5.01	4.93	1.59
61	Slovenia	605	4.76	4.27	2.50
62	Uruguay	601	5.09	3.76	2.63
63	Lithuania	600	4.70	4.52	2.25
64	United Kingdom	594	5.24	3.84	2.31
65	Hungary	594	4.72	4.39	2.28
66	Afghanistan	592	4.92	4.39	2.06
67	Australia	592	5.10	3.75	2.50
68	Poland	591	5.25	3.57	2.51
69	Gabon	589	5.16	3.88	2.29
70	Burundi	584	5.23	4.42	1.60
71	Bolivia	584	5.09	4.14	2.02
72	Austria	579	4.54	4.46	2.18
73	South Sudan	578	6.51	0.00	1.45
74	Croatia	578	5.09	3.53	2.55
75	Brazil	578	4.98	4.52	1.67
76	Fiji	577	5.04	4.84	1.28
77	Tunisia	574	5.20	3.66	2.26
78	El Salvador	572	4.85	4.39	1.85
79	Kazakhstan	570	4.98	3.44	2.65
80	Italy	568	5.01	3.92	2.11
81	Honduras	565	4.92	4.63	1.45
82	Latvia	563	5.05	4.11	1.82
83	India	560	5.50	3.93	1.50
84	Venezuela	558	5.03	3.78	2.09
85	Moldova	557	4.05	4.40	2.44
86	Laos	556	4.17	4.80	1.91
87	China	550	5.33	3.55	1.92
88	Nepal	550	5.09	4.11	1.59
89	Equatorial Guinea	546	5.01	3.44	2.29
90	Guinea	543	5.76	3.31	1.64
91	Indonesia	543	4.90	4.39	1.41
92	Spain	540	4.72	3.74	2.21
93	Belgium	536	4.71	3.71	2.19
94	Canada	535	4.71	3.66	2.24
95	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	534	5.41	3.66	1.51
96	Slovakia	530	4.79	3.26	2.48
97	Germany	529	4.84	3.53	2.15
98	Rwanda	528	4.77	3.98	1.75
99	Zambia	526	5.27	3.43	1.78
100	Sweden	523	4.86	2.93	2.66
101	Netherlands	521	4.81	3.40	2.20
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	521	4.80	3.33	2.28
103	New Zealand	519	4.88	3.49	2.02
104	Guyana	512	4.94	3.86	1.48
105	Togo	512	5.07	3.55	1.66
106	Tanzania	511	4.96	3.85	1.47
107	Nicaragua	510	4.56	3.26	2.45
108	Philippines	510	5.02	3.82	1.43
109	Guatemala	508	4.33	4.38	1.53
110	South Africa	508	4.86	3.28	2.10
111	Czech Republic	507	4.84	3.11	2.28
112	Senegal	505	5.20	3.52	1.48
113	Japan	505	4.72	3.51	1.96
114	Ethiopia	504	4.67	3.74	1.77
115	Argentina	498	4.82	3.16	2.12
116	Luxembourg	496	4.34	3.25	2.48
117	Ireland	493	4.32	3.69	2.03
118	Libya	484	6.09	2.83	0.99
119	Cote D'Ivoire	483	5.19	3.57	1.14
120	Mexico	482	4.60	3.80	1.50
121	Cameroon	481	5.05	3.36	1.46
122	Bangladesh	474	5.11	3.24	1.44
123	Mozambique	471	4.85	2.96	1.94
124	Tajikistan	469	4.89	3.16	1.67
125	Kenya	465	5.26	2.91	1.50
126	Dominican Republic	463	4.60	3.79	1.25
127	Benin	460	4.94	3.32	1.34
128	Zimbabwe	445	3.51	4.01	1.87
129	Lesotho	445	5.20	3.38	0.81
130	Mali	440	5.02	3.14	1.17
131	Burkina Faso	436	4.99	3.18	1.10
132	Belize	431	4.92	4.29	0.00
133	Mauritius	418	4.05	3.25	1.75
134	Jamaica	413	4.76	3.39	0.82
135	Niger	410	4.85	3.27	0.80
136	Ghana	410	4.67	2.99	1.26
137	Madagascar	406	4.68	3.16	1.04
138	Nigeria	403	4.39	3.00	1.45
139	Seychelles	394	5.00	3.71	0.00
140	Uganda	392	3.23	3.62	1.83
141	Malawi	379	4.73	3.07	0.71
142	Timor-Leste	365	4.95	3.38	0.00
143	Malta	365	4.44	3.88	0.00
144	Albania	364	4.88	3.43	0.00
145	Trinidad and Tobago	357	4.77	3.46	0.00
146	Sierra Leone	357	4.41	3.81	0.00
147	Cape Verde	350	4.57	3.56	0.00
148	Gambia	348	5.14	2.96	0.00
149	Liberia	322	4.55	3.19	0.00
150	Papua New Guinea	283	4.60	2.62	0.00
151	Iceland	179	3.46	2.39	0.00
152	Swaziland	137	5.27	0.00	0.00

See also

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

References

• "Global Militarization Index". Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). 2015.