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Military Dimension Index, 2016

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's Military Dimension Index asks how far a country's chief executive owes their position to the armed forces: whether they took office through a coup, a rebellion or appointment by the military, and whether the military could remove them. It runs from 0 to 1; a higher figure means a larger military role, and most countries read exactly 0.

Military Dimension Index, 2016 covers 176 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.500; 61 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.100. Against 2015, 45 values changed (22 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 2016

Highest2 countries share it

0.500

Lowest61 countries share it

0.000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Military Dimension Index, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Military Dimension Index, 2016: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.500
GabonGABMiddle Africa0.500
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia0.444
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa0.438
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa0.417
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa0.400
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.400
EcuadorECUSouth America0.375
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.357
GuineaGINWestern Africa0.350
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa0.346
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa0.333
ChadTCDMiddle Africa0.333
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa0.333
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa0.321
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa0.312
ComorosCOMEastern Africa0.312
HondurasHNDCentral America0.312
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa0.312
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.312
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia0.308
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.308
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.300
YemenYEMWestern Asia0.300
KenyaKENEastern Africa0.292

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Egyptshared0.500
  2. Gabonshared0.500
  3. Myanmar0.444
  4. Republic of the Congo0.438
  5. Central African Republic0.417

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Vietnamshared0.000
  3. Taiwanshared0.000
  4. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000
  5. Swedenshared0.000

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

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 45values changed, of 176 in both
  • 22 · 23rose · fell
  • 131unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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 2016.

  • 51 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 61 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2016). Military Dimension Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/2016

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