Data for 2011

Global Militarisation Index, 2011

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2011
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2011, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2011 covers 153 countries. Israel is highest, at 298.41; Trinidad and Tobago is lowest, at 34.20. The middle country reads 111.98. Against 2010, 152 values changed (50 up, 102 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2011

HighestIsrael

298.41

LowestTrinidad and Tobago

34.20

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

153countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
153distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01BICC’s rank

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Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 2011, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2011: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	298.41	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	272.39	East Asia
3	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	253.84	Middle East
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	241.90	Middle East
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	241.33	Eastern Europe
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	240.06	Middle East
7	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	230.76	Middle East
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	227.33	Middle East
9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	226.56	Eastern Europe
10	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	211.60	Middle East
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	211.31	Middle East
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	209.81	East Asia
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	208.64	Middle East
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	205.72	Eastern Europe
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	205.10	East Asia
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	197.28	Western Europe
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	193.85	Western Europe
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	188.72	Middle East
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	183.48	Eastern Europe
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	180.99	North Africa
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	174.28	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	United States`USA`Northern America	171.07	North America
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	170.92	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	169.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	166.85	Middle East
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	165.88	Sub-Saharan Africa
27	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	163.47	Sub-Saharan Africa
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	161.71	East Asia
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	161.32	Central Europe
30	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	160.40	Sub-Saharan Africa
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	160.37	North Africa
32	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	158.41	Central America and the Caribbean
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	157.49	Western Europe
34	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	157.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
35	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	156.76	Middle East
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	156.68	Central Europe
37	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	156.45	Eastern Europe
38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	156.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	155.61	Western Europe
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	155.17	Eastern Europe
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	152.64	East Asia
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	151.93	Middle East
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	149.02	Middle East
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	146.13	East Asia
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	144.18	South Asia
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	143.52	South Asia
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	141.79	Central Europe
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	139.65	Central Europe
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	135.53	Central Europe
50	Chile`CHL`South America	135.22	South America
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	133.99	Central Asia
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	132.90	Central Europe
53	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	132.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	132.44	Central Europe
55	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	132.11	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	131.02	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	127.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	126.44	South America
59	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	124.52	Western Europe
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	123.38	East Asia
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	123.15	South America
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	122.69	Western Europe
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	120.80	Western Europe
64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	120.57	Central Asia
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	120.49	Central Europe
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	119.86	Western Europe
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	117.74	South Asia
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	117.27	Western Europe
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	116.20	East Asia
70	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	115.75	Central Europe
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	115.21	South America
72	Peru`PER`South America	114.98	South America
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	113.54	East Asia
74	Colombia`COL`South America	113.15	South America
75	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	113.00	Western Europe
76	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	112.80	Western Europe
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	111.98	Western Europe
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	111.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	110.33	Oceania
80	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	108.16	Central Europe
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	108.14	North Africa
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	107.31	Western Europe
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	104.49	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	104.15	Central Europe
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	103.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	103.70	Western Europe
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	99.74	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	98.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	97.90	Central Europe
90	India`IND`Southern Asia	97.56	South Asia
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	96.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	92.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	91.30	Central Europe
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90.21	North America
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.94	Central America and the Caribbean
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	88.85	South America
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	88.56	North Africa
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	86.16	East Asia
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.12	Eastern Europe
100	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	85.66	Western Europe
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	84.16	Western Europe
102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	83.75	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	83.71	Western Europe
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.37	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	83.09	Central Europe
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	82.02	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	81.83	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	80.62	Western Europe
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	80.25	Oceania
110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	80.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	79.39	Central America and the Caribbean
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.31	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	77.70	Oceania
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	76.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.28	South America
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.47	Central America and the Caribbean
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.22	South Asia
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.13	South America
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	68.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	68.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.35	South America
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.30	East Asia
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	67.92	South America
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.52	East Asia
128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Niger`NER`Western Africa	66.21	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	64.91	Central Europe
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	64.88	Central Asia
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	64.36	South Asia
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.48	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	60.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.78	East Asia
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.49	East Asia
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.65	Western Europe
140	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.96	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	50.36	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.29	Central America and the Caribbean
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.79	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	49.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	46.70	Central America and the Caribbean
147	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.47	Central America and the Caribbean
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	38.02	Western Europe
150	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.16	Oceania
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.20	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel298.41
#2Singapore272.39
#3Syria253.84
#4Oman241.90
#5Russia241.33

Lowest

#153Trinidad and Tobago34.20
#152Gambia34.42
#151Papua New Guinea37.16
#150Mauritius37.61
#149Malta38.02

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 111.98. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
50 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg27.19 → 83.71+56.52
Cabo Verde36.01 → 80.03+44.02
Azerbaijan180.01 → 205.72+25.71
Zimbabwe93.77 → 111.13+17.35
Bahrain231.46 → 240.06+8.60

Fell most

Libya203.53 → 88.56−114.97
Montenegro188.64 → 156.68−31.97
Slovakia124.16 → 104.15−20.01
Bolivia141.97 → 123.15−18.82
Timor-Leste73.65 → 56.49−17.16

+ South Sudan

− Eswatini

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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Every one of the 153 countries has every column.

05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2011). Global Militarisation Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2011

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