Data for 1997

Military Dimension Index, 1997

Name: Military Dimension Index, 1997
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1997, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Military Dimension Index, 1997 covers 173 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 0.917; 71 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.100. Against 1996, 15 values changed (7 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 1997

HighestMyanmar

0.917

Lowest71 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
30distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Military Dimension Index, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Military Dimension Index, 1997: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.917
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.833
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.800
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.750
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.750
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.714
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.667
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.500
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.500
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.500
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.500
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.500
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.417
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.417
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.400
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.400
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.400
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.389
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.375
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.375
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.375
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.375
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.357
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.357
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.333
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.333
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.333
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.312
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.300
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.300
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.300
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.300
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.300
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.300
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.300
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.300
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.300
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.300
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.300
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.300
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.286
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.286
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.286
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.250
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.250
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.250
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.250
Peru`PER`South America	0.250
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.250
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.250
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.214
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.214
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.214
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.200
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.200
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.200
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.200
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.200
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.200
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.200
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.200
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.200
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.200
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.188
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.188
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.167
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.167
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.167
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.167
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.167
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.167
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.143
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.125
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.125
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.125
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.125
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.125
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.125
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.100
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.100
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.100
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.100
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.100
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.100
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.100
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.100
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.083
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.083
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.083
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.083
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.071
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.071
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.071
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.062
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.062
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.062
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.056
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.050
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.000
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.000
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.000
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.000
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.000
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.000
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.000
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.000
Colombia`COL`South America	0.000
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.000
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.000
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.000
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.000
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.000
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.000
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.000
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.000
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.000
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.000
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.000
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.000
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.000
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.000
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.000
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.000
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.000
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.000
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.000
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.000
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.000
Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.000
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.000
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.000
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.000
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.000
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.000
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.000
United States`USA`Northern America	0.000
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Myanmar0.917
Burundi0.833
Republic of the Congo0.800
DR Congoshared0.750
Nigeriashared0.750

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.000
South Africashared0.000
Somalilandshared0.000
Vietnamshared0.000
United Statesshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.100. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
15values changed, of 173 in both
7 · 8rose · fell
158unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo0.200 → 0.800+0.600
DR Congo0.250 → 0.750+0.500
Afghanistan0.357 → 0.500+0.143
Türkiye0.250 → 0.375+0.125
Cambodia0.200 → 0.300+0.100

Fell most

Guatemala0.400 → 0.300−0.100
Chad0.200 → 0.100−0.100
Uganda0.300 → 0.200−0.100
Haiti0.083 → 0.000−0.083
Albania0.042 → 0.000−0.042

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.
30 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 71 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1997). Military Dimension Index, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/1997

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