Data for 2007

Military Dimension Index, 2007

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Military Dimension Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. Thailand is highest, at 0.917; 58 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.088. Against 2006, 16 values changed (7 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 2007

HighestThailand

0.917

Lowest58 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
71distinct 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, 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Military Dimension Index, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.917
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.896
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.571
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.500
QatarQATWestern Asia	0.500
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.450
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.438
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.423
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.417
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.400
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.393
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.389
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.385
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.385
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.375
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.364
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.350
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.350
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.348
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.333
YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.333
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.321
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.318
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.318
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.294
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.292
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.292
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.286
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.286
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.275
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.269
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.267
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.250
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.250
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.250
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.250
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.250
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.233
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.231
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.231
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.227
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.222
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.214
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.208
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.208
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.208
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.200
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.200
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.200
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.200
BrazilBRASouth America	0.190
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.188
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.182
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.182
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.176
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.176
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.167
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.167
SurinameSURSouth America	0.167
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.158
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.154
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.150
SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.150
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.143
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.143
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.143
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.143
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.139
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.136
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.136
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.136
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.130
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.125
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.125
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.125
PeruPERSouth America	0.115
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.111
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.111
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.111
OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.111
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.111
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.111
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.107
JordanJORWestern Asia	0.100
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.100
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.091
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.088
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.088
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.083
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.083
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.083
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.075
PanamaPANCentral America	0.071
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.067
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.067
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.062
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.059
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.056
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.056
UruguayURYSouth America	0.056
IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.050
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.050
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.050
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.048
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.042
BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.038
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.038
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.037
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.036
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.036
IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.036
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.036
JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.031
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.029
SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.028
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.025
FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.018
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.000
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.000
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.000
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.000
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.000
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.000
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.000
CanadaCANNorthern America	0.000
ChileCHLSouth America	0.000
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.000
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.000
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.000
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.000
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.000
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.000
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.000
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.000
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.000
IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.000
ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.000
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.000
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.000
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.000
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.000
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.000
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.000
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.000
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.000
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.000
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.000
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.000
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.000
PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.000
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.000
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.000
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.000
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.000
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.000
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.000
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.000
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000
UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.000
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.000

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Thailand0.917
Myanmar0.896
Libya0.571
Central African Republicshared0.500
Qatarshared0.500

Lowest

Kosovoshared0.000
Vietnamshared0.000
United Statesshared0.000
Ukraineshared0.000
Taiwanshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.088. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
16values changed, of 175 in both
7 · 9rose · fell
159unchanged

Rose most

Thailand0.417 → 0.917+0.500
Fiji0.278 → 0.389+0.111
Azerbaijan0.167 → 0.208+0.041
Nicaragua0.115 → 0.154+0.039
Peru0.077 → 0.115+0.038

Fell most

Mauritania0.938 → 0.438−0.500
Turkmenistan0.625 → 0.188−0.437
Chad0.250 → 0.200−0.050
Ecuador0.423 → 0.385−0.038
Lebanon0.147 → 0.111−0.036

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.

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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 2007.
71 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 58 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2007). Military Dimension Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/2007

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