Data for 2012

Global Militarisation Index, 2012

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2012
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2012, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2012 covers 154 countries. Israel is highest, at 291.650; Malta is lowest, at 36.015. The middle country reads 109.540. Against 2011, 152 values changed (64 up, 88 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2012

HighestIsrael

291.650

LowestMalta

36.015

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

154countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2012, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2012: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	291.650	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	267.844	East Asia
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	261.871	Middle East
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	243.815	Eastern Europe
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	241.416	Middle East
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	238.274	Middle East
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	226.701	Middle East
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	224.193	Eastern Europe
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	223.919	Middle East
10	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	213.078	Middle East
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	210.331	Middle East
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	207.637	East Asia
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	205.470	East Asia
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	204.702	Eastern Europe
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	203.962	Middle East
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	194.927	Western Europe
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	193.622	Sub-Saharan Africa
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	193.055	Western Europe
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	184.046	Sub-Saharan Africa
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	183.072	Middle East
21	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	179.841	North Africa
22	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	176.897	Eastern Europe
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	174.614	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	United States`USA`Northern America	174.396	North America
25	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	168.997	Central America and the Caribbean
26	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	165.435	Sub-Saharan Africa
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	165.396	East Asia
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	162.666	East Asia
29	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	162.086	North Africa
30	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	158.036	Middle East
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	157.658	East Asia
32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	157.140	Eastern Europe
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	156.923	Western Europe
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	156.832	Western Europe
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	155.184	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	153.926	Eastern Europe
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	151.395	Central Europe
38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	149.794	Sub-Saharan Africa
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	148.749	Middle East
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	148.695	Middle East
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	146.833	East Asia
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	146.738	Sub-Saharan Africa
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	146.339	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	144.558	South Asia
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	143.651	Central Europe
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	143.617	Middle East
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	139.860	Central Europe
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	137.653	Central Europe
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	135.661	South Asia
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	132.022	Central Europe
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	131.966	Central Europe
52	Chile`CHL`South America	130.213	South America
53	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	129.826	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	127.853	South America
55	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	126.573	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	126.076	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	125.587	North Africa
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	125.466	South America
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	124.801	East Asia
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	124.484	Western Europe
61	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	123.507	Central Asia
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	122.027	Western Europe
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	121.523	Central Europe
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	119.727	Sub-Saharan Africa
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	119.434	Central Asia
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	119.330	Western Europe
67	France`FRA`Western Europe	119.143	Western Europe
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	118.390	Central Europe
69	Colombia`COL`South America	116.139	South America
70	Peru`PER`South America	114.946	South America
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	114.712	East Asia
72	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	113.592	Western Europe
73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	113.242	Central Europe
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	112.142	South America
75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.810	Oceania
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	111.705	Western Europe
77	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.302	Western Europe
78	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	107.779	South Asia
79	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	107.647	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	107.363	Western Europe
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	106.693	North Africa
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	106.420	East Asia
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.848	South America
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.758	Central Europe
85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	99.235	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	97.149	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96.910	Central Europe
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	96.053	Western Europe
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	95.370	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	India`IND`Southern Asia	94.919	South Asia
91	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	94.416	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.873	Central Europe
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	92.297	Central Europe
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.999	Central America and the Caribbean
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	91.047	South Asia
96	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.288	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	Canada`CAN`Northern America	88.437	North America
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	88.380	Sub-Saharan Africa
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	86.366	East Asia
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.184	Eastern Europe
101	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	86.179	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.964	Western Europe
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.462	Western Europe
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	82.094	Central Europe
105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81.924	Western Europe
106	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.699	Western Europe
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	81.072	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.816	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.842	Western Europe
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.746	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	78.430	Central America and the Caribbean
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.266	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	77.263	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	77.255	South America
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	77.244	Oceania
116	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.290	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.641	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.617	South America
119	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.443	Oceania
120	Niger`NER`Western Africa	74.456	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.915	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.550	South America
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.873	Central America and the Caribbean
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.295	South Asia
125	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.118	East Asia
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.337	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	69.951	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.758	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	69.169	East Asia
130	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.140	East Asia
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.690	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.990	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.700	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.209	Central Europe
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.337	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.689	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	62.034	Central Asia
138	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.651	East Asia
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.440	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.004	South America
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.653	Western Europe
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	53.000	Central America and the Caribbean
143	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.221	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.638	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.346	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.774	Central America and the Caribbean
147	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.364	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.554	Central America and the Caribbean
149	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.579	Central America and the Caribbean
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.806	Sub-Saharan Africa
151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.566	Oceania
152	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.416	Sub-Saharan Africa
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.446	Central America and the Caribbean
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	36.015	Western Europe

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel291.650
#2Singapore267.844
#3Oman261.871
#4Russia243.815
#5Bahrain241.416

Lowest

#154Malta36.015
#153Trinidad and Tobago36.446
#152Mauritius39.416
#151Papua New Guinea42.566
#150Gambia43.806

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 109.540. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
64 · 88rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Libya88.558 → 125.587+37.029
South Sudan163.468 → 193.622+30.154
Nepal64.361 → 91.047+26.686
Tanzania49.791 → 73.915+24.124
Oman241.897 → 261.871+19.974

Fell most

Bulgaria161.320 → 121.523−39.797
Austria103.698 → 78.842−24.857
Mauritania165.881 → 146.738−19.143
Syria253.843 → 238.274−15.569
Kazakhstan133.992 → 119.434−14.558

+ Guinea

+ Myanmar

− Djibouti

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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Every one of the 154 countries has every column.

05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2012). Global Militarisation Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2012

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