Data for 2015

Global Militarisation Index, 2015

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2015
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2015, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2015 covers 153 countries. Israel is highest, at 282.426; Haiti is lowest, at 1.396. The middle country reads 105.750. Against 2014, 152 values changed (71 up, 81 down), 1 country joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2015

HighestIsrael

282.426

LowestHaiti

1.396

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

153countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2015, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2015: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	282.426	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	259.498	East Asia
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	243.266	Middle East
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	235.940	Middle East
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	235.258	Middle East
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	220.513	Middle East
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	219.454	Eastern Europe
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	217.985	East Asia
9	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	209.027	Middle East
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	208.879	Middle East
11	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	208.616	Eastern Europe
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	207.252	Middle East
13	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	205.572	Eastern Europe
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	201.655	East Asia
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	197.994	Western Europe
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	192.789	North Africa
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	190.939	Western Europe
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	186.731	Middle East
19	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	176.368	Sub-Saharan Africa
20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	173.598	Eastern Europe
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	167.900	Eastern Europe
22	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	164.122	North Africa
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	163.876	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	162.249	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	159.694	East Asia
26	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	159.180	East Asia
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	158.200	East Asia
28	United States`USA`Northern America	157.639	North America
29	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	156.959	Central America and the Caribbean
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	156.040	Western Europe
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	154.745	Western Europe
32	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	152.241	Middle East
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	151.915	North Africa
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	149.769	Sub-Saharan Africa
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	149.326	East Asia
36	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	148.111	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	147.341	Middle East
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	146.766	Sub-Saharan Africa
39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	146.579	South Asia
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	144.790	Central Europe
41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	144.749	Eastern Europe
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	143.743	Central Europe
43	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	141.491	South Asia
44	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	140.328	Sub-Saharan Africa
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	138.089	Central Europe
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	138.072	South America
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	133.411	Central Europe
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	130.487	Central Europe
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	130.077	Central Europe
50	Chile`CHL`South America	127.159	South America
51	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	125.648	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	125.568	Sub-Saharan Africa
53	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	124.137	Central Asia
54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	122.179	Western Europe
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	121.338	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	120.742	East Asia
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	120.600	Central Europe
58	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	120.374	Central Asia
59	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	119.533	Central Europe
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	118.443	North Africa
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	117.031	South America
62	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	115.639	South Asia
63	Peru`PER`South America	115.432	South America
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	114.786	Western Europe
65	Colombia`COL`South America	114.355	South America
66	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	113.852	Western Europe
67	France`FRA`Western Europe	112.566	Western Europe
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	112.495	Western Europe
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.761	Oceania
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	111.450	Sub-Saharan Africa
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	111.318	Middle East
72	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	109.387	Central Europe
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	109.155	East Asia
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	108.312	East Asia
75	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	107.327	Western Europe
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	105.942	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	105.750	Western Europe
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	103.964	South America
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	102.482	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	101.784	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	101.308	Central Europe
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.446	South America
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	98.879	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	98.452	Sub-Saharan Africa
85	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	95.685	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	92.792	Central America and the Caribbean
87	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	91.506	Western Europe
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	91.199	South Asia
89	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	91.184	Western Europe
90	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.715	South Asia
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	89.932	Central Europe
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.519	Central Europe
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.919	Central Europe
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	88.889	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.888	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88.402	East Asia
97	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.831	North America
98	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	86.621	Sub-Saharan Africa
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.435	Eastern Europe
100	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.343	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.497	Western Europe
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.999	Western Europe
103	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.941	Western Europe
104	Guyana`GUY`South America	77.375	South America
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.232	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.110	Central America and the Caribbean
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.811	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.767	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	76.084	Western Europe
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	75.311	Central America and the Caribbean
111	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	74.544	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.389	South America
113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	73.215	Western Europe
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.704	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.443	South America
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71.641	East Asia
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.555	South America
118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	71.522	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	70.981	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.969	South Asia
121	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.066	Oceania
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.798	Central Europe
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.231	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.636	East Asia
125	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	66.222	Central Asia
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.030	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	65.936	Oceania
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.762	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.402	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.511	East Asia
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.444	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.263	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	60.157	Central America and the Caribbean
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.750	East Asia
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	55.274	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	54.945	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	54.047	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.286	Western Europe
139	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	50.862	Central America and the Caribbean
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.731	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.538	Central Europe
142	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.316	Central America and the Caribbean
143	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.200	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.506	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.269	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.335	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.938	Central America and the Caribbean
148	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.036	Oceania
149	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37.322	Central America and the Caribbean
150	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	36.967	Sub-Saharan Africa
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.878	Sub-Saharan Africa
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.288	Western Europe
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.396	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel282.426
#2Singapore259.498
#3Saudi Arabia243.266
#4Oman235.940
#5Bahrain235.258

Lowest

#153Haiti1.396
#152Malta32.288
#151Cabo Verde34.878
#150Mauritius36.967
#149Trinidad and Tobago37.322

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 105.750. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
71 · 81rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania95.972 → 119.533+23.561
Iraq164.876 → 186.731+21.856
Togo77.133 → 98.452+21.319
Mali71.315 → 88.889+17.574
Guyana59.926 → 77.375+17.449

Fell most

Yemen174.605 → 111.318−63.287
Angola190.712 → 146.766−43.946
Ethiopia91.969 → 54.945−37.023
Guinea-Bissau140.248 → 121.338−18.910
Seychelles81.275 → 63.263−18.011

+ 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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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 153 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2015). Global Militarisation Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2015

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153 countries
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Global Militarisation Index: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions