Data for 2017

Global Militarisation Index, 2017

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2017
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2017, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2017 covers 152 countries. Israel is highest, at 278.96; Haiti is lowest, at 2.38. The middle country reads 101.29. Against 2016, 152 values changed (55 up, 97 down), 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2017

HighestIsrael

278.96

LowestHaiti

2.38

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

152countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2017: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	278.96	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	234.40	East Asia
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	232.41	Middle East
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	228.44	East Asia
5	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	225.57	Middle East
6	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	225.27	Middle East
7	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	217.89	Eastern Europe
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	216.06	Middle East
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	215.42	Eastern Europe
10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	211.61	Middle East
11	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	211.25	Middle East
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	208.88	Middle East
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	199.26	Western Europe
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	193.36	Western Europe
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	192.39	East Asia
16	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	190.81	Eastern Europe
17	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	186.66	North Africa
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	178.34	Eastern Europe
19	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	163.79	East Asia
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	162.88	Middle East
21	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	162.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	160.73	Eastern Europe
23	United States`USA`Northern America	155.73	North America
24	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	154.85	Central America and the Caribbean
25	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	154.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
26	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	154.25	East Asia
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	152.41	North Africa
28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	152.11	Western Europe
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	149.16	Middle East
30	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	148.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	148.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
32	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	147.38	East Asia
33	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	145.64	East Asia
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	145.38	Western Europe
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	145.25	Middle East
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	144.85	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	143.98	South America
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	143.87	Central Europe
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	142.69	Central Europe
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	142.06	Central Europe
41	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	140.87	South Asia
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	139.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	139.07	Eastern Europe
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	138.91	South Asia
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	137.01	South America
46	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	134.04	North Africa
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	133.87	Central Europe
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	132.43	Central Europe
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	131.07	Central Europe
50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	127.79	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Chile`CHL`South America	127.37	South America
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	127.19	Central Europe
53	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	124.63	Western Europe
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	120.38	Central Asia
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	119.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	118.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	115.98	North Africa
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	115.95	East Asia
59	Colombia`COL`South America	115.86	South America
60	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	114.60	Sub-Saharan Africa
61	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	114.50	South Asia
62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	113.10	Western Europe
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	111.98	Western Europe
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.80	Oceania
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	111.72	Central Asia
66	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	111.68	Middle East
67	France`FRA`Western Europe	110.48	Western Europe
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	110.22	Western Europe
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	109.54	Central Europe
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	109.46	Western Europe
71	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	106.14	Western Europe
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	105.40	South America
73	Peru`PER`South America	103.88	South America
74	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	102.59	Sub-Saharan Africa
75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	102.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	101.81	Central Europe
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	100.76	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.67	Central Europe
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	96.91	East Asia
80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	96.86	Central Europe
81	India`IND`Southern Asia	96.20	South Asia
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	96.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	95.52	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.24	South America
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	94.18	Western Europe
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	93.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92.47	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	91.21	Western Europe
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	90.68	Western Europe
91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	90.60	South Asia
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90.20	North America
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	89.54	Central America and the Caribbean
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.26	Central Europe
95	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	87.91	Central Europe
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.29	Eastern Europe
97	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	85.18	East Asia
99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	85.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.90	Western Europe
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	82.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.29	Western Europe
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	80.83	Central America and the Caribbean
105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.61	Western Europe
106	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	80.38	Central Europe
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	78.66	Oceania
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.77	Central America and the Caribbean
109	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	76.47	Western Europe
110	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	75.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.36	South America
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	74.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	72.71	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.88	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.27	Oceania
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	69.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	68.47	East Asia
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.40	South America
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.14	South America
120	Guyana`GUY`South America	67.82	South America
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	67.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67.23	South Asia
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.75	East Asia
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.99	East Asia
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.74	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	60.13	Central Asia
128	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	59.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.87	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	57.74	Central America and the Caribbean
132	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.76	Central America and the Caribbean
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	54.83	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.49	Central America and the Caribbean
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	53.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.60	East Asia
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	52.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51.13	Western Europe
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.67	Central Europe
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	49.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.50	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.75	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.53	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.20	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.45	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37.70	Central America and the Caribbean
148	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.35	Sub-Saharan Africa
149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	33.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.29	Western Europe
151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.39	Oceania
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.38	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel278.96
#2Singapore234.40
#3Bahrain232.41
#4Brunei228.44
#5Saudi Arabia225.57

Lowest

#152Haiti2.38
#151Papua New Guinea17.39
#150Malta32.29
#149Cabo Verde33.33
#148Mauritius37.35

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 101.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
55 · 97rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela88.86 → 143.98+55.12
Guatemala41.65 → 57.74+16.09
Malawi44.48 → 54.83+10.35
Angola138.55 → 148.26+9.70
Honduras71.75 → 80.83+9.07

Fell most

South Sudan141.89 → 102.59−39.29
Sierra Leone72.32 → 38.45−33.87
Libya162.91 → 134.04−28.87
Singapore258.30 → 234.40−23.90
Cameroon78.50 → 58.87−19.63

− Laos

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) (2017). Global Militarisation Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2017

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