Data for 2023

Global Militarisation Index, 2023

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2023
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2023, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2023 covers 149 countries. Ukraine is highest, at 351.09; Haiti is lowest, at 3.51. The middle country reads 100.66. Against 2022, 149 values changed (89 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2023

HighestUkraine

351.09

LowestHaiti

3.51

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

149countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
149distinct values13 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, 2023, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2023: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	351.09	Eastern Europe
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	262.28	Middle East
3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	246.25	Middle East
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	243.27	Eastern Europe
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	229.55	Middle East
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	215.50	Eastern Europe
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	215.37	Middle East
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	210.43	Middle East
9	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	209.79	Middle East
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	208.50	Western Europe
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	207.26	Middle East
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	206.80	East Asia
13	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	206.29	Eastern Europe
14	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	206.01	North Africa
15	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	201.37	Middle East
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	201.15	East Asia
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	189.87	East Asia
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	186.44	Eastern Europe
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	181.33	Western Europe
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	179.32	Sub-Saharan Africa
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	177.46	Central Europe
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	174.48	Western Europe
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	160.84	Central Europe
24	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	159.24	East Asia
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	158.81	Central Europe
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	158.67	North Africa
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	156.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
28	United States`USA`Northern America	153.29	North America
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	149.50	Central Asia
30	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	148.64	Middle East
31	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	143.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	141.87	Central Europe
33	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	141.29	East Asia
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	140.91	Central Europe
35	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	140.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	140.64	Western Europe
37	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	140.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	138.18	Middle East
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	137.31	Central Europe
40	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	136.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	136.32	South America
42	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	135.84	East Asia
43	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	135.65	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	135.60	Eastern Europe
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	132.99	South Asia
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	131.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
47	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	130.08	Middle East
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	128.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	128.81	South Asia
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	127.65	Central Europe
51	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	124.36	Western Europe
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	124.00	North Africa
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	121.77	Western Europe
54	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	120.80	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	120.53	Central Europe
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	119.87	Western Europe
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	116.64	Central Europe
58	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	115.92	Oceania
59	Niger`NER`Western Africa	115.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	115.01	Central Europe
61	Chile`CHL`South America	114.10	South America
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	113.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
63	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	113.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
64	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	112.59	Western Europe
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	112.08	Central Europe
66	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	111.92	Western Europe
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	109.29	East Asia
68	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	108.54	Sub-Saharan Africa
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	108.35	Western Europe
70	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	107.43	Central Europe
71	Colombia`COL`South America	106.24	South America
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	106.04	Western Europe
73	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	102.34	Sub-Saharan Africa
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	101.74	Western Europe
75	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	99.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	98.47	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	97.92	South Asia
79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	96.91	Western Europe
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.59	South America
81	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.27	Eastern Europe
82	Peru`PER`South America	94.62	South America
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	94.60	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	93.05	Central Europe
85	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	92.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	91.08	Western Europe
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.75	Central America and the Caribbean
88	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	90.30	Western Europe
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	90.29	Central Europe
90	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	89.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	89.30	Western Europe
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	88.07	South America
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	87.68	South America
94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.52	Western Europe
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	87.39	Central America and the Caribbean
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	86.99	Central Asia
97	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.95	Western Europe
98	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.76	North America
99	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.18	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.40	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	83.23	Central Europe
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	81.83	East Asia
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	79.56	East Asia
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	75.28	South Asia
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	73.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.61	East Asia
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.31	Central America and the Caribbean
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	73.30	Oceania
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	72.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.43	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	71.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	71.05	South Asia
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.28	Oceania
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.82	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.26	South America
117	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	67.62	Central Asia
118	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.18	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	66.74	South Asia
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.27	Central America and the Caribbean
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	63.50	East Asia
124	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.38	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	62.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.01	Central America and the Caribbean
128	Paraguay`PRY`South America	60.64	South America
129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	59.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.57	East Asia
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	57.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	57.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.53	South America
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.24	South America
136	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.52	Central America and the Caribbean
137	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.82	Central America and the Caribbean
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	49.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.92	East Asia
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	45.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	43.51	Western Europe
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.60	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.66	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.09	Oceania
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	33.50	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.55	Western Europe
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.51	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Ukraine351.09
#2Israel262.28
#3Lebanon246.25
#4Armenia243.27
#5Qatar229.55

Lowest

#149Haiti3.51
#148Malta27.55
#147Mauritius32.58
#146Cabo Verde33.50
#145Papua New Guinea34.09

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 100.66. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
89 · 60rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon197.18 → 246.25+49.07
Ukraine315.53 → 351.09+35.56
Algeria179.04 → 206.01+26.98
Finland149.36 → 174.48+25.12
South Sudan155.57 → 179.32+23.75

Fell most

Zimbabwe84.34 → 65.42−18.93
Venezuela105.82 → 88.07−17.74
Sudan107.22 → 89.73−17.50
Tajikistan83.75 → 67.62−16.13
Togo157.30 → 143.33−13.97

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) (2023). Global Militarisation Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2023

0634 held

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07Questions