Data for 2022

Military Dimension Index, 2022

Name: Military Dimension Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Military Dimension Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Mali is highest, at 1.000; 65 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.109. Against 2021, 69 values changed (43 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 2022

HighestMali

1.000

Lowest65 countries share it

0.000

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
37distinct 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, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Military Dimension Index, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.938
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.875
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.800
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.800
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.571
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.500
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.500
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.500
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.429
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.429
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.417
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.417
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.400
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.375
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.375
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.375
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.357
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.357
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.350
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.346
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.333
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.333
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.333
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.333
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.333
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.318
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.312
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.312
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.312
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.300
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.300
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.300
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.300
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.286
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.286
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.286
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.278
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.278
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.278
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.250
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.250
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.250
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.250
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.214
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.214
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.214
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.214
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.214
Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.214
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.214
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.214
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.200
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.200
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.200
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.200
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.200
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.200
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.200
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.200
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.188
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.188
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.167
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.167
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.167
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.167
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.167
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.158
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.150
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.150
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.143
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.143
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.143
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.143
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.143
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.125
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.125
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.125
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.125
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.125
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.125
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.125
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.125
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.125
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.125
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.111
Peru`PER`South America	0.111
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.111
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.107
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.107
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.100
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.100
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.100
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.100
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.100
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.083
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.083
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.083
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.083
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.083
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.083
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.083
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.083
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.071
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.071
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.071
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.062
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.062
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.062
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.056
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	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
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
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
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
Kosovo`XKX`Southern 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
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.000
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.000
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000
Paraguay`PRY`South America	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
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.000
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.000
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.000
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	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 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Mali1.000
Burkina Faso0.938
Chad0.875
Guineashared0.800
Sudanshared0.800

Lowest

South Africashared0.000
Kosovoshared0.000
Vietnamshared0.000
United Statesshared0.000
Taiwanshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.109. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
69values changed, of 176 in both
43 · 26rose · fell
107unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso0.228 → 0.938+0.710
Libya0.250 → 0.500+0.250
Indonesia0.286 → 0.429+0.143
Malawi0.200 → 0.333+0.133
Sudan0.700 → 0.800+0.100

Fell most

Central African Republic0.375 → 0.125−0.250
Zambia0.400 → 0.200−0.200
São Tomé and Príncipe0.250 → 0.083−0.167
Kenya0.278 → 0.143−0.135
Gabon0.500 → 0.375−0.125

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 2022.
37 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 65 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’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-Core-v16_csv.zip

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.

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2022). Military Dimension Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/2022

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07Questions