List of countries by Global Militarization Index

Last updated February 01, 2024

This list of countries by Global Militarization Index is based on the 2022^[1] Global Militarization Index of the Bonn International Center for Conversion.

2022 list

Rank	Country	Global Militarization Index (GMI)	Military Expenditure Index Score	People Index Score	Heavy Weapons Index Score
1	Israel	359	2,34	1,75	3,08
2	Kuwait	303	2,80	0,64	2,63
3	Armenia	297	2,05	1,66	2,24
4	Singapore	296	1,90	1,27	2,74
5	Oman	293	3,08	0,91	1,86
6	Bahrain	289	2,12	0,53	2,56
7	Greece	287	1,99	1,12	2,63
8	Russia	286	2,15	0,92	2,65
9	Brunei	285	2,28	1,50	1,93
10	Saudi Arabia	282	2,76	0,74	2,13
11	Jordan	282	2,30	1,02	2,31
12	Azerbaijan	278	2,62	0,93	2,01
13	Qatar	272	2,65	0,72	2,06
14	Cyprus	263	1,35	1,18	2,71
15	Korea, Republic of	261	1,64	1,40	2,18
16	Lebanon	257	1,71	1,05	2,37
17	Algeria	250	2,51	0,82	1,67
18	Morocco	234	2,21	0,96	1,52
19	Belarus	233	0,95	1,43	2,27
20	Ukraine	230	1,82	0,47	1,85
21	Botswana	217	1,74	0,82	1,78
22	Montenegro	217	1,22	1,54	1,59
23	South Sudan	215	1,55	2,38	0,37
24	United States of America	213	1,73	0,47	2,06
25	Finland	213	1,33	0,66	2,28
26	Iraq	210	1,59	1,20	1,42
27	Turkey	209	1,50	0,70	1,98
28	Lithuania	208	1,37	0,99	1,80
29	Congo, Republic of	208	2,16	0,93	1,07
30	Cuba	208	1,61	0,50	2,05
31	Vietnam	205	1,55	1,16	1,41
32	Croatia	204	1,66	0,51	1,91
33	Estonia	203	1,43	0,60	2,02
34	Pakistan	199	2,28	0,62	1,08
35	Mongolia	199	0,66	0,77	2,54
36	Egypt	194	1,07	1,07	1,74
37	Iran	194	1,50	0,87	1,51
38	Myanmar	192	1,98	1,07	0,80
39	North Macedonia	192	1,14	0,38	1,95
40	Romania	192	1,38	0,65	1,82
41	Mauritania	191	1,73	1,07	1,03
42	Uruguay	191	1,42	0,53	1,88
43	Namibia	190	1,70	0,95	1,14
44	Chad	189	1,81	1,13	0,84
45	Serbia	189	1,36	0,48	1,94
46	Cambodia	186	1,49	0,54	1,32
47	Georgia	186	1,22	0,55	1,95
48	Uzbekistan	183	2,00	0,09	1,21
49	Norway	180	1,23	0,45	1,91
50	Tunisia	179	1,69	0,57	1,33
51	Sri Lanka	175	1,42	1,36	0,72
52	Poland	174	1,43	0,46	1,59
53	Kyrgyzstan	171	1,29	0,15	1,65
54	Gabon	167	1,44	0,61	1,30
55	Guinea-Bissau	166	1,23	0,77	1,33
56	Mali	164	1,86	0,85	0,58
57	Chile	164	1,30	0,58	1,40
58	Angola	162	1,10	0,94	1,20
59	Portugal	160	1,34	0,56	1,30
60	Switzerland	157	0,61	0,32	2,21
61	Bulgaria	156	1,17	0,47	1,49
62	Slovakia	155	1,23	0,33	1,55
63	Thailand	155	1,13	0,87	1,10
64	France	155	1,27	0,45	1,38
65	Latvia	154	1,49	0,49	1,10
66	Colombia	153	1,86	0,81	0,40
67	Australia	152	1,29	0,24	1,51
68	Sweden	151	0,95	0,12	1,95
69	Uganda	148	1,70	0,58	0,68
70	Burundi	147	1,30	1,07	0,57
71	Sudan	147	0,90	0,86	1,19
72	Denmark	147	1,01	0,31	1,62
73	Slovenia	146	0,95	0,35	1,63
74	Italy	146	1,10	0,51	1,31
75	Hungary	145	1,21	0,40	1,31
76	United Kingdom	144	1,39	0,26	1,22
77	Rwanda	141	1,16	0,97	0,69
78	Bolivia	141	1,15	0,81	0,86
79	India	140	1,88	0,48	0,45
80	Kazakhstan	139	0,88	0,35	1,54
81	Czech Republic	138	1,07	0,24	1,44
82	Equatorial Guinea	137	1,16	0,40	1,18
83	Togo	137	1,30	0,76	0,68
84	Central African Republic	137	1,28	1,00	0,45
85	Burkina Faso	135	1,78	0,54	0,39
86	Peru	133	0,95	0,67	1,04
87	Senegal	132	1,36	0,75	0,54
88	Spain	131	1,02	0,38	1,22
89	Ecuador	130	1,53	0,36	0,72
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	126	0,75	0,17	1,36
91	Malaysia	124	0,96	0,48	1,03
92	Netherlands	124	1,04	0,23	1,21
93	Moldova	123	0,41	0,38	1,67
94	Belgium	122	0,85	0,18	1,42
95	Canada	122	0,97	0,25	1,22
96	Venezuela	121	0,20	1,11	1,12
97	El Salvador	121	1,05	0,62	0,74
98	China	119	1,29	0,24	0,85
99	Austria	119	0,68	0,32	1,38
100	Niger	118	1,33	0,71	0,32
101	Nicaragua	116	0,55	0,28	1,49
102	Fiji	116	1,32	0,26	0,51
103	Germany	116	0,98	0,21	1,12
104	Zambia	115	1,06	0,63	0,61
105	Luxembourg	112	0,60	0,19	1,45
106	Mozambique	111	1,11	0,45	0,66
107	Guinea	110	1,22	0,49	0,49
108	Nepal	109	1,11	0,63	0,44
109	Albania	108	1,12	0,36	0,68
110	Afghanistan	108	0,98	1,17	0,00
111	Honduras	104	1,17	0,61	0,30
112	New Zealand	103	1,01	0,21	0,83
113	Cameroon	103	0,95	0,70	0,41
114	South Africa	99	0,75	0,31	0,92
115	Bangladesh	98	1,20	0,36	0,41
116	Brazil	97	0,92	0,46	0,56
117	Tanzania	96	0,97	0,66	0,29
118	Paraguay	94	0,82	0,77	0,29
119	Japan	94	0,84	0,26	0,77
120	Cote D'Ivoire	93	1,12	0,58	0,16
121	Jamaica	92	1,10	0,52	0,23
122	Guyana	91	0,85	0,58	0,38
123	Kenya	89	0,97	0,43	0,39
124	Nigeria	89	0,94	0,41	0,43
125	Ethiopia	89	0,57	0,72	0,49
126	Tajikistan	88	0,84	0,09	0,65
127	Belize	87	1,01	0,72	0,00
128	Benin	86	0,64	0,79	0,30
129	Malawi	85	0,80	0,77	0,13
130	Indonesia	84	0,73	0,55	0,39
131	Philippines	83	0,93	0,35	0,37
132	Seychelles	82	1,15	0,48	0,00
133	Gambia	81	0,73	0,89	0,00
134	Zimbabwe	78	0,02	0,92	0,63
135	Argentina	78	0,52	0,23	0,81
136	Dominican Republic	76	0,61	0,76	0,15
137	Mexico	72	0,64	0,32	0,48
138	Liberia	71	0,79	0,60	0,04
139	Sierra Leone	71	0,55	0,78	0,08
140	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71	0,59	0,51	0,32
141	Lesotho	69	0,96	0,33	0,09
142	Madagascar	68	0,76	0,47	0,14
143	Timor-Leste	66	0,92	0,39	0,00
144	Ireland	66	0,28	0,19	0,84
145	Ghana	65	0,53	0,38	0,39
146	Guatemala	63	0,44	0,43	0,38
147	Trinidad and Tobago	54	0,76	0,31	0,00
148	Papua New Guinea	51	0,46	0,56	0,00
149	Cape Verde	49	0,54	0,44	0,00
150	Mauritius	47	0,19	0,24	0,51
151	Panama	36	0,00	0,72	0,00
152	Malta	36	0,48	0,16	0,00
153	Haiti	13	0,21	0,05	0,00
154	Costa Rica	11	0,00	0,21	0,00

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References

↑ "Global Militarisation Index". gmi.bicc.de. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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

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