List of countries by Global Militarization Index

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

This list of countries by Global Militarization Index is based on the 2017 Global Militarization Index of the Bonn International Center for Conversion.

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 uses a number of indicators to represent the degree of militarization of a country:

• Military Expenditure Index Score: comparison of military expenditure with its gross domestic product (GDP) and its health expenditure (as share of its GDP);
• People Index Score: contrast between the total number of (para)military forces with the number of physicians, and the overall population;
• Heavy Weapons Index Score: ratio of the number of heavy weapons available and the overall population.

List

Rank	Country (darker background indicates old and unreliable figures)	Global Militarization Index (GMI)	Military Expenditure Index Score	People Index Score	Heavy Weapons Index Score
1	Israel	910.99	6.53	6.15	3.51
2	Singapore	885.69	6.47	6.11	3.23
3	Armenia	860.05	6.41	6.11	2.90
4	Cyprus	849.66	6.16	5.89	3.21
5	South Korea	838.54	6.27	5.93	2.88
6	Russia	838.53	6.53	5.33	3.22
7	Greece	833.20	6.25	5.53	3.23
8	Jordan	832.99	6.57	5.42	3.02
9	Brunei	820.67	6.48	5.59	2.74
10	Belarus	819.07	5.98	5.83	2.98
11	Kuwait	817.98	6.71	4.98	3.08
12	Azerbaijan	815.68	6.47	5.46	2.80
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	805	5.19	5.28	3.83
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	683	7.40	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	803	5.18	4.91	3.89
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	North 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	Colombia	615	5.29	3.73	2.65
58	Georgia	613	5.60	4.55	1.50
59	Slovenia	606	5.21	3.93	2.41
60	France	605	5.01	4.93	1.59
61	Paraguay	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	Afghanistan	594	4.72	4.39	2.28
66	Australia	592	4.92	4.39	2.06
67	Hungary	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	India	563	5.05	4.11	1.82
83	Latvia	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	605.70	5.90	3.63	2.00
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	Panama	111.52	0.06	3.93	0.00
152	Haiti	106.63	2.92	0.99	0.00
153	Swaziland	103.68	3.87	0.00	0.00
154	Costa Rica	75.38	0.03	3.40	0.00
155	Iceland	24.59	0.02	2.64	0.00

See also

• Arms industry
• Military budget

References

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

External links

• Global Militarization Index website