List of countries by Global Militarization Index

Mapped results by country, where dark shades show a higher GMI

This is a list of countries by Global Militarization Index based on Bonn International Center for Conversion [1][2] in 2010.

Global Militarization Index

The Global Militarization Index (GMI) depicts the relative weight and importance of the military apparatus of one state in relation to its society as a whole. For this, the GMI records a number of indicators to represent the degree of militarization of a country:

• comparison of military expenditure with its gross domestic product (GDP);
• comparison of military expenditure with its health expenditure;
• contrast between the total number of (para)military forces with the number of physicians, and the overall population;
• ratio of the number of heavy weapons available and the overall population.

Note: there is no reliable data on military spending, number of armed forces, and number of heavy weapons systems on North Korea. This makes a calculation of its level of militarization impossible.

List

Rank	Country/Territory	GMI Value
1	Israel	876.31
2	Singapore	814.70
3	Syria	783.35
4	Russia	767.23
5	Jordan	765.93
6	Cyprus	738.32
7	Kuwait	721.51
8	South Korea	718.28
9	Greece	699.80
10	Saudi Arabia	696.16
11	Oman	692.58
12	Brunei	686.05
13	Bahrain	684.48
14	Libya	680.81
15	Belarus	667.91
16	United Arab Emirates	667.36
17	Azerbaijan	665.59
18	Algeria	660.46
19	Lebanon	642.73
20	Armenia	636.50
21	Vietnam	633.70
22	Ukraine	630.88
23	Morocco	630.19
24	Bulgaria	625.97
25	Finland	621.71
26	Angola	619.88
27	Turkey	616.34
28	Egypt	613.34
29	Mongolia	608.63
30	Portugal	607.41
31	United States	605.97
32	Iran	597.56
33	Chile	592.77
34	Estonia	586.37
35	Iraq	581.79
36	Yemen	574.37
37	Croatia	571.78
38	Qatar	571.34
39	Republic of Serbia	570.94
40	Ecuador	569.98
41	Sri Lanka	564.32
42	Macedonia	560.65
43	Norway	560.00
44	Djibouti	559.04
45	Thailand	551.36
46	Mauritania	551.23
47	Romania	550.09
48	Botswana	541.74
49	Cambodia	541.42
50	Peru	540.87
51	Georgia	530.71
52	Colombia	530.11
53	Namibia	529.75
54	Pakistan	528.69
55	Denmark	525.47
56	Kyrgyzstan	523.66
57	Malaysia	517.79
58	Sweden	515.82
59	Lithuania	514.27
60	Chad	512.59
61	Slovenia	512.50
62	France	510.87
63	Switzerland	505.37
64	United Kingdom	504.34
65	Spain	503.31
66	Burundi	502.08
67	Austria	499.98
68	Italy	492.87
69	Hungary	478.72
70	Bolivia	474.87
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	469.09
72	Kazakhstan	461.09
73	Paraguay	460.65
74	Honduras	460.50
75	India	459.23
76	Australia	457.88
77	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	457.88
78	Uruguay	454.88
79	Brazil	453.09
80	Gabon	451.48
81	Poland	449.14
82	Germany	443.26
83	Tunisia	435.43
84	Slovakia	433.03
85	Afghanistan	429.63
86	China	428.88
87	Republic of the Congo	428.05
88	Canada	424.44
89	Rwanda	423.83
90	Latvia	418.05
91	Venezuela	412.26
92	Zambia	411.97
93	Montenegro	411.40
94	Central African Republic	406.90
95	Laos	406.87
96	Indonesia	405.64
97	Czech Republic	404.64
98	El Salvador	402.84
99	Zimbabwe	402.00
100	Ethiopia	400.17
101	Albania	398.37
102	Belgium	398.37
103	Democratic Republic of the Congo	396.26
104	Uganda	394.83
105	Togo	393.47
106	Moldova	391.40
107	United Republic of Tanzania	386.22
108	Mali	385.83
109	South Africa	381.88
110	Netherlands	380.83
111	Netherlands Antilles	380.83
112	Ireland	380.67
113	New Zealand	380.19
114	Nepal	371.99
115	Nicaragua	366.92
116	Senegal	366.20
117	Japan	364.22
118	Philippines	360.07
119	Cameroon	358.49
120	Kenya	357.65
121	Ivory Coast	350.32
122	Guatemala	348.16
123	Argentina	346.50
124	Mozambique	328.48
125	Nigeria	326.88
126	Bangladesh	324.40
127	Mexico	316.80
128	Benin	316.38
129	Lesotho	299.46
130	Burkina Faso	292.18
131	Dominican Republic	288.99
132	Madagascar	264.87
133	Niger	264.34
134	Jamaica	239.97
135	Malawi	215.24
136	Ghana	211.00
137	Mauritius	184.15
138	Gambia	147.38

See also

• Military budget
• Arms industry
• Military budget of the United States
• Military of the European Union
• List of countries by number of troops
• Number of warships in service worldwide
• List of countries by level of military equipment
• List of countries without armed forces

Notes

The Data and description is published by and belongs to Bonn International Center for Conversion