Data for 2018

Global Militarisation Index, 2018

Figures for 2018, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2018 covers 150 countries. Israel is highest, at 274.35; Haiti is lowest, at 1.90. The middle country reads 98.09. Against 2017, 149 values changed (63 up, 86 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2018

HighestIsrael

274.35

LowestHaiti

1.90

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

150countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
150distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01BICC’s rank

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Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 2018, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2018: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	IsraelISRWestern Asia	274.35	Middle East
2	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	229.75	Middle East
3	OmanOMNWestern Asia	227.85	Middle East
4	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	227.66	East Asia
5	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	225.90	Eastern Europe
6	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	220.09	Middle East
7	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	215.69	Middle East
8	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	207.27	Eastern Europe
9	JordanJORWestern Asia	205.65	Middle East
10	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	204.70	Middle East
11	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	200.90	Western Europe
12	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	200.55	East Asia
13	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	195.67	Western Europe
14	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	193.03	East Asia
15	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	190.46	Eastern Europe
16	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	183.58	North Africa
17	BelarusBLREastern Europe	179.35	Eastern Europe
18	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	170.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
19	UkraineUKREastern Europe	165.35	Eastern Europe
20	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	164.97	East Asia
21	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	161.00	Western Europe
22	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	158.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	157.58	North Africa
24	CubaCUBCaribbean	155.11	Central America and the Caribbean
25	IraqIRQWestern Asia	149.84	Middle East
26	United StatesUSANorthern America	149.42	North America
27	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	148.34	East Asia
28	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	147.42	Western Europe
29	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	146.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	145.16	Central Europe
31	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	145.01	East Asia
32	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	144.54	Central Europe
33	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	143.48	South Asia
34	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	141.65	Central Europe
35	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	140.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	139.74	Middle East
37	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	139.49	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	137.91	Sub-Saharan Africa
39	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	137.58	Central Europe
40	IranIRNSouthern Asia	137.50	Middle East
41	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	136.99	Eastern Europe
42	UruguayURYSouth America	136.82	South America
43	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	133.49	South Asia
44	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	132.50	East Asia
45	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	131.95	Central Europe
46	PolandPOLEastern Europe	129.65	Central Europe
47	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	128.98	Western Europe
48	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	128.76	Central Asia
49	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	127.28	Sub-Saharan Africa
50	ChileCHLSouth America	125.25	South America
51	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	123.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	123.31	Central Europe
53	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	121.32	North Africa
54	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	120.47	Central Asia
55	GabonGABMiddle Africa	119.50	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	117.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	115.60	East Asia
58	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	113.39	Western Europe
59	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	113.29	Sub-Saharan Africa
60	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	113.21	South Asia
61	ColombiaCOLSouth America	112.88	South America
62	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	112.38	Western Europe
63	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	112.05	Central Asia
64	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	112.04	Western Europe
65	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	110.03	Oceania
66	FranceFRAWestern Europe	109.84	Western Europe
67	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	107.43	Central Europe
68	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	105.75	Western Europe
69	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	105.17	Western Europe
70	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	105.03	Central Europe
71	BoliviaBOLSouth America	103.15	South America
72	PeruPERSouth America	100.63	South America
73	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	100.33	Central Europe
74	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	100.22	South Asia
75	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.45	Central Europe
76	SenegalSENWestern Africa	97.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	MaliMLIWestern Africa	97.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	TogoTGOWestern Africa	96.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	96.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	95.80	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	EcuadorECUSouth America	94.66	South America
82	SpainESPSouthern Europe	94.15	Western Europe
83	ItalyITASouthern Europe	94.13	Western Europe
84	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	93.97	East Asia
85	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	93.59	Central Europe
86	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	92.37	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	FijiFJIMelanesia	91.76	Oceania
88	NicaraguaNICCentral America	91.67	Central America and the Caribbean
89	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	90.25	Central Europe
90	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	89.48	Western Europe
91	CanadaCANNorthern America	89.12	North America
92	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	88.61	Central Europe
93	GuineaGINWestern Africa	87.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	86.47	Eastern Europe
95	VenezuelaVENSouth America	84.89	South America
96	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	84.35	South Asia
97	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	84.00	Western Europe
98	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	83.53	East Asia
99	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	83.18	Western Europe
100	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	82.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	82.48	Western Europe
102	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	82.36	Central America and the Caribbean
103	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	81.13	Western Europe
104	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	79.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	79.02	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	NigerNERWestern Africa	78.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	78.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	HondurasHNDCentral America	78.50	Central America and the Caribbean
109	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	78.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	BrazilBRASouth America	76.01	South America
111	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	73.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	73.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	72.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	GuyanaGUYSouth America	72.26	South America
115	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	70.59	Oceania
116	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	70.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	69.13	South Asia
118	ParaguayPRYSouth America	68.37	South America
119	KenyaKENEastern Africa	68.00	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	JapanJPNEastern Asia	67.27	East Asia
121	ArgentinaARGSouth America	65.75	South America
122	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	64.21	East Asia
123	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	64.14	East Asia
124	BeninBENWestern Africa	62.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	61.81	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	61.55	Central America and the Caribbean
127	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	61.51	Central America and the Caribbean
128	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	61.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	59.93	Central Asia
130	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	56.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	BelizeBLZCentral America	55.61	Central America and the Caribbean
132	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	55.03	Central America and the Caribbean
133	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	54.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	53.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	52.40	East Asia
136	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	49.77	Western Europe
137	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	49.66	Central Europe
138	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	49.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	48.65	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	MexicoMEXCentral America	46.52	Central America and the Caribbean
141	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	43.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	41.08	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	38.74	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	38.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	34.43	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	33.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33.30	Oceania
148	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	32.39	Central America and the Caribbean
149	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	30.69	Western Europe
150	HaitiHTICaribbean	1.90	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel274.35
#2Bahrain229.75
#3Oman227.85
#4Singapore227.66
#5Armenia225.90

Lowest

#150Haiti1.90
#149Malta30.69
#148Trinidad and Tobago32.39
#147Papua New Guinea33.30
#146Cabo Verde33.33

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 98.09. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
63 · 86rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan102.59 → 170.17+67.57
Latvia80.38 → 105.03+24.65
Ethiopia52.05 → 73.39+21.34
Sierra Leone38.45 → 54.94+16.49
Papua New Guinea17.39 → 33.30+15.91

Fell most

Venezuela143.98 → 84.89−59.10
Brunei228.44 → 200.55−27.88
Sudan144.85 → 123.94−20.91
DR Congo71.88 → 53.98−17.91
Republic of the Congo154.70 → 137.91−16.80

+ Uzbekistan

− United Arab Emirates

− Libya

− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2018). Global Militarisation Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2018

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07Questions

Global Militarisation Index, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Global Militarisation Index in Global Militarisation Index, 2018?

Israel, at 274.35, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Global Militarisation Index, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Global Militarisation Index, 2018 cover?

150.

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