Data for 2014

Global Militarisation Index, 2014

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2014
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2014, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2014 covers 152 countries. Israel is highest, at 284.44; Haiti is lowest, at 0.50. The middle country reads 103.04. Against 2013, 151 values changed (59 up, 92 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2014

HighestIsrael

284.44

LowestHaiti

0.50

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

152countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
152distinct values14 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, 2014, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2014: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	284.44	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	260.87	East Asia
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	238.91	Middle East
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	236.63	Middle East
5	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	234.08	Middle East
6	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	222.05	Eastern Europe
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	221.50	East Asia
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	221.49	Middle East
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	214.18	Middle East
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	211.15	Eastern Europe
11	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	210.70	Middle East
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	204.04	East Asia
13	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	203.55	Eastern Europe
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	198.31	Middle East
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	195.06	Western Europe
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	190.71	Sub-Saharan Africa
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	189.64	Western Europe
18	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	187.25	North Africa
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	174.61	Middle East
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	173.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
21	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	172.78	Eastern Europe
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	168.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	167.52	North Africa
24	United States`USA`Northern America	165.25	North America
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	164.88	Middle East
26	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	160.48	Central America and the Caribbean
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	160.03	East Asia
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	157.19	North Africa
29	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	157.17	East Asia
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	155.49	East Asia
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	154.53	Western Europe
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	154.20	Sub-Saharan Africa
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	153.91	Western Europe
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	153.07	Eastern Europe
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	152.93	Middle East
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	150.11	Eastern Europe
37	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	148.56	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	148.53	East Asia
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	146.35	Central Europe
40	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	143.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	142.00	Central Europe
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	141.60	South Asia
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	140.80	Middle East
44	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	140.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	138.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	137.94	South America
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	137.85	South Asia
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	135.68	Central Europe
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	131.92	Central Europe
50	Chile`CHL`South America	128.41	South America
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	125.93	Central Europe
52	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	124.52	Central Asia
53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	124.43	Central Europe
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	124.36	South America
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	123.88	East Asia
56	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	123.12	Western Europe
57	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	123.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
58	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	122.07	South Asia
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	121.50	Central Europe
60	Peru`PER`South America	116.46	South America
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	116.40	Central Asia
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	115.60	Western Europe
63	France`FRA`Western Europe	115.19	Western Europe
64	Colombia`COL`South America	115.15	South America
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	114.48	Sub-Saharan Africa
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	113.17	Western Europe
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	112.80	North Africa
68	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	112.54	Sub-Saharan Africa
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.07	Oceania
70	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	110.73	East Asia
71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	110.56	Central Europe
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	108.36	Western Europe
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	108.35	South America
74	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	107.85	Western Europe
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	107.40	East Asia
76	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	104.15	Western Europe
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	101.93	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	99.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	97.93	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	97.83	Central Europe
81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	97.42	South America
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	95.97	Central Europe
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	95.82	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	93.67	South Asia
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.75	Western Europe
86	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.74	Western Europe
87	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.67	South Asia
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.16	Central America and the Caribbean
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	91.03	Central Europe
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88.30	East Asia
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	88.26	Central Europe
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.54	Eastern Europe
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	84.42	North America
95	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	83.82	Western Europe
96	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	83.35	Central Europe
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	83.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	81.64	Oceania
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.45	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	81.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.11	Western Europe
102	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.59	Western Europe
103	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.33	Western Europe
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	78.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	77.88	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.78	Western Europe
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	77.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	76.93	South America
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.35	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	75.91	South America
113	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.05	South America
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	73.73	Central America and the Caribbean
115	Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.92	Central America and the Caribbean
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71.59	East Asia
118	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	71.32	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.58	Oceania
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	70.56	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	69.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	69.33	South Asia
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.80	East Asia
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.08	Central Europe
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.08	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	63.49	Central Asia
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.66	East Asia
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.93	South America
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	59.92	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.19	East Asia
135	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.56	Central America and the Caribbean
136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	57.34	Western Europe
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.89	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54.46	Central Europe
139	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.37	Central America and the Caribbean
140	Belize`BLZ`Central America	48.22	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.43	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.68	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.92	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.60	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.63	Central America and the Caribbean
149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.00	Oceania
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33.52	Western Europe
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.50	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel284.44
#2Singapore260.87
#3Oman238.91
#4Bahrain236.63
#5Saudi Arabia234.08

Lowest

#152Haiti0.50
#151Malta33.52
#150Papua New Guinea36.00
#149Cabo Verde36.25
#148Trinidad and Tobago36.63

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 103.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
151values changed, of 151 in both
59 · 92rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo138.61 → 168.62+30.00
Libya141.64 → 167.52+25.88
Seychelles58.05 → 81.27+23.23
Mali56.19 → 71.32+15.12
Brunei207.86 → 221.50+13.64

Fell most

Chad171.86 → 138.24−33.62
Albania80.43 → 54.46−25.98
Senegal84.26 → 59.92−24.34
Togo99.61 → 77.13−22.48
Iraq184.98 → 164.88−20.11

+ Equatorial Guinea

− Qatar

− Syria

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

The rank is BICC’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 152 countries has every column.

05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2014). Global Militarisation Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2014

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07Questions