Data for 2025

Military Dimension Index, 2025

Name: Military Dimension Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Military Dimension Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. 5 countries share the highest reading, 1.000; 76 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.100. Against 2024, 85 values changed (45 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 2025

Highest5 countries share it

1.000

Lowest76 countries share it

0.000

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

176countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
31distinct 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, 2025, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Military Dimension Index, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.000
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.000
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.000
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.000
Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.900
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.875
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.875
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.750
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.600
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.500
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.500
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.500
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.500
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.500
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.500
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.500
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.417
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.417
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.400
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.400
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.375
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.375
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.375
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.375
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.357
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.333
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.333
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.333
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.333
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.333
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.312
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.300
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.300
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.300
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.300
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.286
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.286
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.250
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.250
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.250
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.250
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.250
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.250
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.250
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.214
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.214
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.200
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.200
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.200
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.200
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.200
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.200
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.200
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.200
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.167
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.167
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.167
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.167
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.167
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.167
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.167
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.167
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.150
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.143
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.143
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.143
Colombia`COL`South America	0.125
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.125
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.125
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.125
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.125
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.125
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.125
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.125
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.125
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.125
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.125
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.111
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.100
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.100
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.100
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.100
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.100
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.100
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.100
Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.100
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.094
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.092
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.083
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.083
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.071
Peru`PER`South America	0.071
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.062
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.056
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.050
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.000
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.000
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	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
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
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.000
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.000
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.000
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.000
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.000
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.000
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.000
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.000
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central 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
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.000
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.000
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.000
Panama`PAN`Central America	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
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.000
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.000
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.000
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.000
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.000
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.000
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.000
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.000
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.000
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.000
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.000
United States`USA`Northern America	0.000
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.000

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Guineashared1.000
Guinea-Bissaushared1.000
Malishared1.000
Myanmarshared1.000
Nigershared1.000

Lowest

South Africashared0.000
Kosovoshared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
Vietnamshared0.000
United Statesshared0.000

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

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 176 in both
45 · 40rose · fell
91unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau0.125 → 1.000+0.875
Madagascar0.200 → 0.875+0.675
Botswana0.250 → 0.500+0.250
Benin0.286 → 0.500+0.214
Republic of the Congo0.300 → 0.500+0.200

Fell most

Gabon1.000 → 0.500−0.500
Morocco0.250 → 0.000−0.250
Eswatini0.375 → 0.167−0.208
Kuwait0.167 → 0.000−0.167
Suriname0.167 → 0.000−0.167

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 2025.
31 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 76 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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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

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176 rows · 4.3 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download military-dimension-2025-nations-inquiry.csv
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The publisher’s original
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.

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

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2025). Military Dimension Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/2025

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07Questions