Data for 2022

Global Militarisation Index, 2022

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2022
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2022, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2022 covers 149 countries. Ukraine is highest, at 315.533; Haiti is lowest, at 4.177. The middle country reads 100.858. Against 2021, 148 values changed (54 up, 94 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2022

HighestUkraine

315.533

LowestHaiti

4.177

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

149countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2022, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2022: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	315.533	Eastern Europe
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	257.133	Middle East
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	228.184	Middle East
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	221.304	Eastern Europe
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	216.051	Middle East
6	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	215.573	Western Europe
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	210.811	Eastern Europe
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	207.720	East Asia
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	206.854	Middle East
10	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	204.829	Middle East
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	204.327	Middle East
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	200.912	Middle East
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	197.180	Middle East
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	196.180	Eastern Europe
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	195.709	East Asia
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	191.696	East Asia
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	182.414	Eastern Europe
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	181.947	Western Europe
19	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	179.037	North Africa
20	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	167.829	North Africa
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	161.114	Central Europe
22	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	159.688	East Asia
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	157.295	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	155.567	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	155.002	Sub-Saharan Africa
26	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	154.882	Central Europe
27	United States`USA`Northern America	153.680	North America
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	149.358	Western Europe
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	148.067	East Asia
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	145.408	Central Europe
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	142.723	Central Asia
32	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	139.970	Middle East
33	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	139.398	Middle East
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	139.383	East Asia
35	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	139.008	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	138.656	South Asia
37	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	137.909	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	136.880	Central Europe
39	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	136.639	Sub-Saharan Africa
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	135.207	Middle East
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	134.526	Central Europe
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	133.860	Western Europe
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	133.517	South America
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	132.072	Eastern Europe
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	130.691	Central Europe
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	127.342	North Africa
47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	125.760	Western Europe
48	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	125.666	Central Europe
49	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	125.331	Sub-Saharan Africa
50	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	122.228	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	121.709	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	120.919	South Asia
53	France`FRA`Western Europe	118.411	Western Europe
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	117.317	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	116.636	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	116.449	Oceania
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	115.935	Central Europe
58	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	112.692	Western Europe
59	Chile`CHL`South America	112.657	South America
60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	112.139	Sub-Saharan Africa
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	112.004	Central Europe
62	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	111.090	Western Europe
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	110.694	East Asia
64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.905	Western Europe
65	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	109.305	Central Europe
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	108.787	Central Europe
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	108.441	Western Europe
68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	107.302	Central Europe
69	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	107.224	Sub-Saharan Africa
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	105.816	South America
71	Colombia`COL`South America	105.608	South America
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	103.934	Western Europe
73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	102.044	Sub-Saharan Africa
74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	100.946	Sub-Saharan Africa
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.858	Western Europe
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	100.506	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.711	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	98.934	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	98.176	Central Europe
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	96.586	South Asia
81	Peru`PER`South America	95.886	South America
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	95.829	Western Europe
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	95.213	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.676	Sub-Saharan Africa
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.361	Central America and the Caribbean
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	91.933	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	91.660	South America
88	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	91.304	Western Europe
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.618	South America
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	88.545	Central Asia
91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.026	Western Europe
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	87.498	Central America and the Caribbean
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.438	Eastern Europe
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.029	North America
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.538	Western Europe
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	85.182	Western Europe
97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	84.682	East Asia
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.342	Sub-Saharan Africa
99	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	83.925	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	83.747	Central Asia
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	83.493	Central Europe
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.258	Western Europe
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	80.810	East Asia
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.756	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.961	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	74.253	Oceania
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.224	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	72.720	Central Europe
109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	72.183	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	72.041	South Asia
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.441	Central America and the Caribbean
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	71.436	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	69.609	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	69.508	South Asia
115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.919	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.695	East Asia
117	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.678	South America
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	68.111	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.996	Oceania
120	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.628	Central America and the Caribbean
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	66.675	South Asia
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.286	East Asia
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.515	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.710	South America
125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.585	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.803	East Asia
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.473	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.155	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.105	South America
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.923	Central America and the Caribbean
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.738	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.802	South America
133	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	55.170	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.344	Central America and the Caribbean
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.833	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.654	Central America and the Caribbean
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	52.563	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	50.301	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	45.897	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.959	East Asia
141	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.918	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44.462	Western Europe
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.208	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	35.024	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.122	Oceania
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.018	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31.394	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	24.161	Western Europe
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.177	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Ukraine315.533
#2Israel257.133
#3Qatar228.184
#4Armenia221.304
#5Bahrain216.051

Lowest

#149Haiti4.177
#148Malta24.161
#147Cabo Verde31.394
#146Mauritius32.018
#145Papua New Guinea33.122

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 100.858. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
148values changed, of 148 in both
54 · 94rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ukraine171.224 → 315.533+144.309
Togo122.966 → 157.295+34.330
Niger76.379 → 102.044+25.664
Ethiopia62.948 → 83.925+20.977
Tajikistan63.963 → 83.747+19.784

Fell most

Seychelles81.351 → 55.170−26.181
Montenegro156.472 → 134.526−21.945
Zimbabwe103.513 → 84.342−19.171
Türkiye150.013 → 133.860−16.153
Kuwait222.882 → 206.854−16.028

+ Eswatini

− Cuba

− Uzbekistan

− Vietnam

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 149 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2022). Global Militarisation Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2022

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Global Militarisation Index, 2021
151 countries
The year after ›
Global Militarisation Index, 2023
149 countries
All of them
Global Militarisation Index: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions