Data for 2013

Military Dimension Index, 2013

Name: Military Dimension Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Military Dimension Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Egypt is highest, at 1.000; 62 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.096. Against 2012, 100 values changed (57 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 2013

HighestEgypt

1.000

Lowest62 countries share it

0.000

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

176countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
49distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Military Dimension Index, 2013, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Military Dimension Index, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.000
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.812
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.500
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.500
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.450
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.438
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.409
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.409
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.400
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.375
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.364
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.357
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.350
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.346
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.346
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.333
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.333
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.333
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.333
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.321
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.312
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.312
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.308
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.300
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.300
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.300
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.292
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.286
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.286
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.278
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.278
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.278
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.267
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.250
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.250
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.250
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.250
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.250
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.250
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.250
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.227
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.227
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.227
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.222
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.214
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.214
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.214
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.211
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.208
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.208
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.206
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.200
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.200
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.200
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.167
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.167
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.167
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.167
Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.167
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.156
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.156
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.154
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.150
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.143
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.143
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.143
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.143
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.143
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.143
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.136
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.136
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.136
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.136
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.125
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.125
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.125
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.125
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.125
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.125
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.111
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.111
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.111
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.107
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.100
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.100
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.100
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.100
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.100
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.091
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.088
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.083
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.083
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.083
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.083
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.083
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.083
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.071
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.071
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.056
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.056
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.056
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.056
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.050
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.050
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.045
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.045
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.045
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.042
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.042
Peru`PER`South America	0.042
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.042
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.038
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.038
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
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.000
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	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
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
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.000
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.000
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	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
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	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 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Egypt1.000
Madagascar0.812
Central African Republicshared0.500
Gabonshared0.500
Thailand0.450

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.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 176 in both
57 · 43rose · fell
76unchanged

Rose most

Egypt0.500 → 1.000+0.500
Suriname0.167 → 0.400+0.233
Venezuela0.158 → 0.333+0.175
Chad0.200 → 0.333+0.133
El Salvador0.208 → 0.300+0.092

Fell most

Qatar0.500 → 0.000−0.500
Zambia0.375 → 0.214−0.161
Mali0.364 → 0.250−0.114
Maldives0.250 → 0.143−0.107
Guinea0.450 → 0.350−0.100

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 2013.
49 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 62 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2013). Military Dimension Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/2013

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