Data for 2013

Global Militarisation Index, 2013

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2013
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2013, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2013 covers 153 countries. Israel is highest, at 288.65; Haiti is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 108.50. Against 2012, 152 values changed (56 up, 96 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2013

HighestIsrael

288.65

LowestHaiti

0.00

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

153countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2013: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	288.65	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	264.09	East Asia
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	250.13	Middle East
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	242.48	Middle East
5	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	240.75	Middle East
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	227.47	Middle East
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	222.84	Middle East
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	222.22	Eastern Europe
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	220.80	Middle East
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	212.26	Eastern Europe
11	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	210.31	Middle East
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	207.86	East Asia
13	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	205.71	Eastern Europe
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	204.75	East Asia
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	197.49	Middle East
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	192.75	Western Europe
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	192.52	Western Europe
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	186.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
19	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	184.98	Middle East
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	180.54	North Africa
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	177.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	177.66	Middle East
23	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	177.17	Eastern Europe
24	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	171.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	United States`USA`Northern America	169.91	North America
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	166.26	North Africa
27	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	163.43	Central America and the Caribbean
28	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	162.84	East Asia
29	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	160.11	East Asia
30	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	157.77	East Asia
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	156.34	Western Europe
32	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	154.84	Western Europe
33	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	153.49	Eastern Europe
34	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	152.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	149.35	Eastern Europe
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	147.85	East Asia
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	145.90	Central Europe
38	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	144.20	Sub-Saharan Africa
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	144.08	Middle East
40	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	142.54	South Asia
41	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	141.64	North Africa
42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	141.25	Middle East
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	140.67	Middle East
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	140.12	Central Europe
45	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	138.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	138.32	Sub-Saharan Africa
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	135.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	134.71	South America
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	133.99	Central Europe
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	133.36	South Asia
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	131.03	Central Europe
52	Chile`CHL`South America	128.75	South America
53	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	124.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	124.44	Central Europe
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	124.39	South America
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	124.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	123.89	Central Europe
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	123.49	East Asia
59	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	122.97	Western Europe
60	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	122.89	Central Asia
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	121.79	Central Asia
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	121.12	Central Europe
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	120.13	Western Europe
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	119.43	Sub-Saharan Africa
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	118.08	Western Europe
66	Peru`PER`South America	117.97	South America
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	117.14	South Asia
68	Colombia`COL`South America	116.69	South America
69	France`FRA`Western Europe	115.57	Western Europe
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	113.03	Western Europe
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	112.90	East Asia
72	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	112.53	Central Europe
73	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	110.90	Western Europe
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	110.81	South America
75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	109.67	Oceania
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	108.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	108.50	North Africa
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	108.30	South America
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	106.44	East Asia
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	104.17	Western Europe
81	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	99.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	97.44	Central Europe
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.31	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	95.55	Western Europe
85	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	94.08	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.94	Central Europe
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	93.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	93.46	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.19	Western Europe
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	93.15	Central Europe
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	93.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	92.10	Central Europe
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	91.67	South Asia
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.53	Central America and the Caribbean
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.40	South Asia
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.34	Central Europe
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	87.73	East Asia
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.33	Eastern Europe
99	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.31	North America
100	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	84.92	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	84.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.58	Western Europe
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.67	Western Europe
104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.97	Western Europe
105	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	80.44	Western Europe
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	80.43	Central Europe
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	78.84	Central America and the Caribbean
108	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.59	Western Europe
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.49	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	77.16	South America
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76.75	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	76.70	Central America and the Caribbean
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.50	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	75.48	East Asia
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	75.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	74.58	South America
118	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.17	South America
119	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.60	Oceania
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.52	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	69.62	Oceania
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	69.58	South Asia
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.60	East Asia
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.75	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	65.79	Central Europe
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.13	East Asia
129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.85	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	61.19	Central Asia
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.53	East Asia
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	58.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.04	Central America and the Caribbean
137	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	57.70	Western Europe
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.30	South America
139	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	56.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.65	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.39	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	47.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.12	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.93	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.71	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
149	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.74	Central America and the Caribbean
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.72	Oceania
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.02	Western Europe
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel288.65
#2Singapore264.09
#3Oman250.13
#4Bahrain242.48
#5Syria240.75

Lowest

#153Haiti0.00
#152Malta35.02
#151Cabo Verde36.03
#150Papua New Guinea36.72
#149Trinidad and Tobago39.74

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 108.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
56 · 96rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda65.34 → 93.61+28.28
Central African Republic97.15 → 124.73+27.58
Iraq158.04 → 184.98+26.95
Libya125.59 → 141.64+16.06
Republic of the Congo126.08 → 138.61+12.54

Fell most

Bosnia and Herzegovina139.86 → 92.10−47.76
Cabo Verde81.07 → 36.03−45.04
Russia243.82 → 212.26−31.55
Mali76.29 → 56.19−20.10
Croatia137.65 → 121.12−16.53

+ Haiti

− Equatorial Guinea

− Sudan

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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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2013). Global Militarisation Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2013

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions