Data for 2021

Global Militarisation Index, 2021

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2021
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2021, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2021 covers 151 countries. Israel is highest, at 263.265; Haiti is lowest, at 7.259. The middle country reads 102.855. Against 2020, 150 values changed (43 up, 107 down), 1 country joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2021

HighestIsrael

263.265

LowestHaiti

7.259

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

151countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2021, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2021: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	263.265	Middle East
2	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	227.561	Middle East
3	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	224.561	Eastern Europe
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	222.882	Middle East
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	219.774	Middle East
6	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	214.701	Middle East
7	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	211.118	Western Europe
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	210.824	Middle East
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	209.885	East Asia
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	208.200	East Asia
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	203.149	Middle East
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	202.846	Eastern Europe
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	201.486	Middle East
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	199.734	Eastern Europe
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	192.125	East Asia
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	186.552	North Africa
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	184.703	Western Europe
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	176.613	Eastern Europe
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	171.224	Eastern Europe
20	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	167.241	North Africa
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	165.321	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	163.056	East Asia
23	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	159.490	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	156.472	Central Europe
25	United States`USA`Northern America	154.234	North America
26	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	152.127	Central America and the Caribbean
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	151.991	Central Europe
28	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	151.699	Middle East
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	150.607	East Asia
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	150.013	Western Europe
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	145.765	Central Europe
32	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	144.776	East Asia
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	144.055	Western Europe
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	143.039	East Asia
35	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	142.217	South Asia
36	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	141.957	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	141.547	Central Europe
38	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	141.354	Middle East
39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	138.955	Central Asia
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	138.704	Central Europe
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	137.852	South America
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	137.633	Central Europe
43	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	137.612	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	137.463	Middle East
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	136.699	Sub-Saharan Africa
46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	134.226	Eastern Europe
47	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	133.480	Sub-Saharan Africa
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	130.764	Central Asia
49	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	130.101	Western Europe
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	129.943	Central Europe
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	128.292	North Africa
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	126.375	South Asia
53	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	125.694	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	122.966	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	121.121	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	118.641	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	118.471	Sub-Saharan Africa
58	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	114.276	Western Europe
59	Chile`CHL`South America	114.275	South America
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	112.977	East Asia
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	112.576	Central Europe
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	112.458	Western Europe
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	112.420	Central Europe
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.262	Oceania
65	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	109.873	Sub-Saharan Africa
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.371	Western Europe
67	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	109.117	Sub-Saharan Africa
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	108.681	Western Europe
69	Colombia`COL`South America	108.373	South America
70	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	108.199	Central Europe
71	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	107.929	Sub-Saharan Africa
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	107.614	Western Europe
73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	106.874	Central Europe
74	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	106.168	Western Europe
75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	103.513	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	102.855	Central Europe
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	101.986	Western Europe
78	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	101.970	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	101.562	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	98.957	Central Europe
81	India`IND`Southern Asia	98.561	South Asia
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	97.908	Sub-Saharan Africa
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.676	Central Asia
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	97.515	South America
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	96.993	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Peru`PER`South America	95.651	South America
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	95.555	South America
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.696	Western Europe
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	92.225	South America
90	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.621	Western Europe
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	88.869	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	88.309	Western Europe
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	88.284	Eastern Europe
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.216	Central America and the Caribbean
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	88.177	Western Europe
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	88.065	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	87.887	Central Europe
98	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.606	North America
99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	87.058	East Asia
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.140	South Asia
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	84.565	Central America and the Caribbean
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	83.996	East Asia
103	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83.653	Western Europe
104	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	81.543	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	81.351	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	80.009	Oceania
107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.011	Western Europe
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.379	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	75.869	South Asia
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	73.142	Central Europe
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.897	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.027	Central America and the Caribbean
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	71.292	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.651	Oceania
115	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.379	South America
116	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	70.136	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.944	South Asia
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	68.528	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.659	Central America and the Caribbean
120	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.830	East Asia
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66.397	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	65.556	South America
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65.328	East Asia
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	63.963	Central Asia
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	62.948	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.764	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.724	South America
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.271	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	61.250	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.074	Central America and the Caribbean
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	60.071	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.003	East Asia
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.022	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.958	South America
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.737	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.769	Central America and the Caribbean
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.395	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.842	Central America and the Caribbean
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	50.598	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.523	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	46.838	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	45.986	Western Europe
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.504	East Asia
144	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.139	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.019	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.879	Central America and the Caribbean
147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.543	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.860	Oceania
149	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	33.216	Sub-Saharan Africa
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.890	Western Europe
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.259	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel263.265
#2Bahrain227.561
#3Armenia224.561
#4Kuwait222.882
#5Qatar219.774

Lowest

#151Haiti7.259
#150Malta25.890
#149Mauritius33.216
#148Papua New Guinea33.860
#147Cabo Verde34.543

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 102.855. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
43 · 107rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles60.052 → 81.351+21.299
Kyrgyzstan119.415 → 138.955+19.540
Liberia50.328 → 68.528+18.200
Togo107.206 → 122.966+15.760
Zimbabwe91.352 → 103.513+12.161

Fell most

Afghanistan115.808 → 85.140−30.667
Venezuela125.948 → 95.555−30.393
Kazakhstan112.049 → 97.676−14.373
Timor-Leste58.076 → 44.504−13.572
Ukraine183.238 → 171.224−12.014

+ Qatar

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 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2021). Global Militarisation Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2021

0634 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions