Data for 2018

Global Militarisation Index, 2018

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2018
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2018, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2018 covers 150 countries. Israel is highest, at 274.35; Haiti is lowest, at 1.90. The middle country reads 98.09. Against 2017, 149 values changed (63 up, 86 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2018

HighestIsrael

274.35

LowestHaiti

1.90

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

150countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
150distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01BICC’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 2018, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2018: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	274.35	Middle East
2	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	229.75	Middle East
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	227.85	Middle East
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	227.66	East Asia
5	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	225.90	Eastern Europe
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	220.09	Middle East
7	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	215.69	Middle East
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	207.27	Eastern Europe
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	205.65	Middle East
10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	204.70	Middle East
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	200.90	Western Europe
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	200.55	East Asia
13	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	195.67	Western Europe
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	193.03	East Asia
15	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	190.46	Eastern Europe
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	183.58	North Africa
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	179.35	Eastern Europe
18	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	170.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	165.35	Eastern Europe
20	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	164.97	East Asia
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	161.00	Western Europe
22	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	158.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	157.58	North Africa
24	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	155.11	Central America and the Caribbean
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	149.84	Middle East
26	United States`USA`Northern America	149.42	North America
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	148.34	East Asia
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	147.42	Western Europe
29	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	146.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	145.16	Central Europe
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	145.01	East Asia
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	144.54	Central Europe
33	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	143.48	South Asia
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	141.65	Central Europe
35	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	140.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	139.74	Middle East
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	139.49	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	137.91	Sub-Saharan Africa
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	137.58	Central Europe
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	137.50	Middle East
41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	136.99	Eastern Europe
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	136.82	South America
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	133.49	South Asia
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	132.50	East Asia
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	131.95	Central Europe
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	129.65	Central Europe
47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	128.98	Western Europe
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	128.76	Central Asia
49	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	127.28	Sub-Saharan Africa
50	Chile`CHL`South America	125.25	South America
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	123.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	123.31	Central Europe
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	121.32	North Africa
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	120.47	Central Asia
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	119.50	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	117.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	115.60	East Asia
58	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	113.39	Western Europe
59	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	113.29	Sub-Saharan Africa
60	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	113.21	South Asia
61	Colombia`COL`South America	112.88	South America
62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	112.38	Western Europe
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	112.05	Central Asia
64	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	112.04	Western Europe
65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	110.03	Oceania
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	109.84	Western Europe
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	107.43	Central Europe
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	105.75	Western Europe
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	105.17	Western Europe
70	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	105.03	Central Europe
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	103.15	South America
72	Peru`PER`South America	100.63	South America
73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.33	Central Europe
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	100.22	South Asia
75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.45	Central Europe
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	97.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	96.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	96.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	95.80	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.66	South America
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.15	Western Europe
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	94.13	Western Europe
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	93.97	East Asia
85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	93.59	Central Europe
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	92.37	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	91.76	Oceania
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.67	Central America and the Caribbean
89	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.25	Central Europe
90	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	89.48	Western Europe
91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	89.12	North America
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.61	Central Europe
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	87.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.47	Eastern Europe
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	84.89	South America
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	84.35	South Asia
97	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.00	Western Europe
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	83.53	East Asia
99	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83.18	Western Europe
100	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	82.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.48	Western Europe
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	82.36	Central America and the Caribbean
103	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.13	Western Europe
104	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	79.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.02	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	78.50	Central America and the Caribbean
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Brazil`BRA`South America	76.01	South America
111	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	73.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	72.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	72.26	South America
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.59	Oceania
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	70.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	69.13	South Asia
118	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.37	South America
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	68.00	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.27	East Asia
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.75	South America
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.21	East Asia
123	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.14	East Asia
124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	62.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.81	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	61.55	Central America and the Caribbean
127	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.51	Central America and the Caribbean
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	59.93	Central Asia
130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	56.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.61	Central America and the Caribbean
132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	55.03	Central America and the Caribbean
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	53.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.40	East Asia
136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	49.77	Western Europe
137	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.66	Central Europe
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	49.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.65	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.52	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	43.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.08	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.74	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34.43	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	33.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.30	Oceania
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	32.39	Central America and the Caribbean
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	30.69	Western Europe
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.90	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel274.35
#2Bahrain229.75
#3Oman227.85
#4Singapore227.66
#5Armenia225.90

Lowest

#150Haiti1.90
#149Malta30.69
#148Trinidad and Tobago32.39
#147Papua New Guinea33.30
#146Cabo Verde33.33

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 98.09. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
63 · 86rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan102.59 → 170.17+67.57
Latvia80.38 → 105.03+24.65
Ethiopia52.05 → 73.39+21.34
Sierra Leone38.45 → 54.94+16.49
Papua New Guinea17.39 → 33.30+15.91

Fell most

Venezuela143.98 → 84.89−59.10
Brunei228.44 → 200.55−27.88
Sudan144.85 → 123.94−20.91
DR Congo71.88 → 53.98−17.91
Republic of the Congo154.70 → 137.91−16.80

+ Uzbekistan

− United Arab Emirates

− Libya

− Yemen

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

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05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2018). Global Militarisation Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2018

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07Questions