Data for 2012

Military Dimension Index, 2012

Name: Military Dimension Index, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Military Dimension Index, 2012 covers 176 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 0.750; 58 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.096. Against 2011, 18 values changed (14 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 2012

HighestMadagascar

0.750

Lowest58 countries share it

0.000

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

176countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
69distinct 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Military Dimension Index, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.750
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.500
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.500
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.500
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.462
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.450
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.438
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.417
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.417
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.385
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.385
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.375
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.375
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.367
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.364
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.364
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.357
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.350
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.350
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.333
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.324
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.321
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.318
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.308
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.292
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.292
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.286
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.281
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.278
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.269
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.267
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.263
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.250
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.250
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.250
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.250
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.250
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.233
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.231
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.227
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.227
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.222
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.219
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.214
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.214
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.208
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.208
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.200
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.200
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.200
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.200
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.190
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.188
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.182
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.176
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.176
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.175
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.167
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.167
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.167
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.167
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.158
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.156
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.154
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.152
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.150
Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.150
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.143
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.143
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.143
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.143
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.143
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.143
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.136
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.136
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.133
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.133
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.125
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.125
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.111
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.111
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.111
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.111
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.111
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.107
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.100
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.100
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.091
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.088
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.088
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.083
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.083
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.075
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.071
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.062
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.062
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.056
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.056
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.056
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.050
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.050
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.050
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.048
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.042
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.042
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.042
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.038
Peru`PER`South America	0.038
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.038
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.036
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.036
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.036
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.031
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.028
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.026
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.025
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.018
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.000
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	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
Chile`CHL`South America	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
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
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.000
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.000
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.000
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.000
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.000
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	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
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	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
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.000
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	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
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.000
United States`USA`Northern America	0.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.000

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Madagascar0.750
Central African Republicshared0.500
Egyptshared0.500
Qatarshared0.500
Myanmar0.462

Lowest

Kosovoshared0.000
Vietnamshared0.000
United Statesshared0.000
Taiwanshared0.000
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.096. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
18values changed, of 176 in both
14 · 4rose · fell
158unchanged

Rose most

Libya0.071 → 0.250+0.179
Maldives0.125 → 0.250+0.125
Iraq0.071 → 0.143+0.072
Oman0.111 → 0.167+0.056
Guinea-Bissau0.200 → 0.250+0.050

Fell most

Egypt0.625 → 0.500−0.125
Peru0.077 → 0.038−0.039
Uganda0.250 → 0.219−0.031
Burkina Faso0.321 → 0.308−0.013

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 2012.
69 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 58 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2012). Military Dimension Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/2012

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