Data for 2020

Global Militarisation Index, 2020

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2020
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2020, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2020 covers 150 countries. Israel is highest, at 268.041; Haiti is lowest, at 5.145. The middle country reads 104.418. Against 2019, 150 values changed (102 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2020

HighestIsrael

268.041

LowestHaiti

5.145

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

150countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2020: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	268.041	Middle East
2	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	232.509	Eastern Europe
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	231.692	Middle East
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	221.743	Middle East
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	218.597	Middle East
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	216.420	Middle East
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	214.736	East Asia
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	210.489	East Asia
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	208.924	Eastern Europe
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	203.192	Middle East
11	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	202.037	Eastern Europe
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	201.155	Western Europe
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	199.252	Middle East
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	196.253	Western Europe
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	194.887	East Asia
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	193.475	North Africa
17	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	183.238	Eastern Europe
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	176.149	Eastern Europe
19	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	169.915	North Africa
20	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	163.977	East Asia
21	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	162.208	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	159.027	Western Europe
23	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	157.911	Central Europe
24	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	157.228	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	154.696	Middle East
26	United States`USA`Northern America	154.414	North America
27	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	152.531	Central America and the Caribbean
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	151.155	Central Europe
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	149.228	Central Europe
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	148.238	Western Europe
31	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	147.597	East Asia
32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	146.126	Sub-Saharan Africa
33	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	145.716	East Asia
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	143.775	South Asia
35	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	142.260	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	141.420	Middle East
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	141.249	East Asia
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	140.468	Central Europe
39	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	140.307	Central Europe
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	138.832	Middle East
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	138.139	South America
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	136.819	Eastern Europe
43	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	136.721	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	135.963	Sub-Saharan Africa
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	132.595	Western Europe
46	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	131.275	Central Asia
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	131.182	Central Europe
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	130.680	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	130.388	Central Europe
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	129.683	South Asia
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	129.441	North Africa
52	Chile`CHL`South America	126.116	South America
53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	125.948	South America
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	120.534	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	119.415	Central Asia
56	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	118.374	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	117.060	Western Europe
58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	116.854	Central Europe
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	116.684	East Asia
60	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	116.354	Sub-Saharan Africa
61	Colombia`COL`South America	115.869	South America
62	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	115.808	South Asia
63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	114.277	Sub-Saharan Africa
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	113.385	Central Europe
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	112.931	Western Europe
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	112.049	Central Asia
67	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	111.312	Sub-Saharan Africa
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.219	Oceania
69	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	109.009	Western Europe
70	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	108.809	Central Europe
71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	107.911	Western Europe
72	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	107.500	Sub-Saharan Africa
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	107.206	Sub-Saharan Africa
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	106.409	Western Europe
75	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	105.233	Central Europe
76	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	103.602	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	103.410	South Asia
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	103.109	Western Europe
79	Peru`PER`South America	101.158	South America
80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.552	Central Europe
81	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	100.426	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	99.302	South America
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.309	Western Europe
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	98.079	Central Europe
85	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.974	Western Europe
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	94.807	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.774	South America
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	91.352	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	90.779	Oceania
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.706	Central America and the Caribbean
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	90.640	Western Europe
92	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	90.561	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.354	Western Europe
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90.123	North America
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.169	Eastern Europe
96	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	89.054	Western Europe
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.704	Central Europe
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	88.669	Sub-Saharan Africa
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88.597	Central America and the Caribbean
100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	86.785	East Asia
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	84.847	Western Europe
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	84.290	East Asia
103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.624	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	Niger`NER`Western Africa	80.791	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.614	Western Europe
106	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	80.450	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.903	South Asia
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	75.293	South America
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.004	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	74.584	Central Europe
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.274	Oceania
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	74.047	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Brazil`BRA`South America	73.136	South America
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	72.631	Central America and the Caribbean
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	71.520	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.516	Central America and the Caribbean
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.438	South Asia
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	70.293	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.417	South America
120	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.789	East Asia
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.685	East Asia
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.788	South America
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.590	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	64.441	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.117	East Asia
126	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.945	Central America and the Caribbean
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	60.430	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	60.269	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	60.227	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	60.052	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	59.930	Central Asia
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.972	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.743	Central America and the Caribbean
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.448	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.076	East Asia
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55.711	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Mexico`MEX`Central America	53.029	Central America and the Caribbean
138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	51.775	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.328	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	48.798	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	47.657	Western Europe
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	46.113	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.040	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.375	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.915	Central America and the Caribbean
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.537	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.111	Oceania
148	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.839	Sub-Saharan Africa
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.088	Western Europe
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.145	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel268.041
#2Armenia232.509
#3Bahrain231.692
#4Oman221.743
#5Kuwait218.597

Lowest

#150Haiti5.145
#149Malta32.088
#148Mauritius32.839
#147Papua New Guinea36.111
#146Cabo Verde36.537

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 104.418. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
102 · 48rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uganda89.092 → 111.312+22.220
Mali102.564 → 118.374+15.810
Montenegro142.537 → 157.911+15.374
Kuwait205.266 → 218.597+13.331
Ukraine170.844 → 183.238+12.393

Fell most

Bulgaria137.203 → 113.385−23.818
South Sudan172.568 → 157.228−15.340
Sudan120.095 → 107.500−12.595
Venezuela136.908 → 125.948−10.960
Lebanon210.189 → 199.252−10.936

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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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
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Every one of the 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2020). Global Militarisation Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2020

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