Global Militarisation Index

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The Global Militarization Index (GMI) is an annual report produced by the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. It is financially supported by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.[1]

The first GMI was first published in 2006.[2] The GMI 2023 covers 149 states and is widely used to study military economies of different countries and compare them.[3][4][5][6] It focuses on three major indicators: personnel, expenditures, and weapons.[7]

Measurement

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The index uses a number of indicators.[8]

  • Military Expenditure Index Score: comparison of military expenditures with GDP and health care expenditures.
  • People Index Score: contrast between the number of military and paramilitary forces with the overall population and the number of physicians.
  • Heavy Weapons Index Score: number of heavy weapons available per capita.

Countries

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  •   1-30 (Very Strong)
  •   30-60 (Strong)
  •   60-90 (Moderate)
  •   90-120 (Little)
  •   120-149 (Very little)
2023 Global Militarisation Index
Rank Country[9]
1   Ukraine
2
  Israel
3
4
  Qatar
5
6
7
  Greece
8
9
10
  Russia
11
12
  Kuwait
13
  Oman
14
  Jordan
15
16
  Brunei
17
  Cyprus
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
  Togo
25
26
27
  Serbia
28
  Iran
29
30
31
  Chad
32
33
34
35
  Iraq
36
37
38
39
  Egypt
40
41
  Turkey
42
43
44
45
46
  Poland
47
  Norway
48
49
50
  Angola
51
52
  France
53
  Mali
54
55
  Chile
56
57
58
59
  Gabon
60
61
62
  Sweden
63
64
  Latvia
65
  Italy
66
67
68
  Sudan
69
70
71
72
  Rwanda
73
  Uganda
74
75
  Niger
76
77
78
79
  India
80
81
  Spain
82
  Peru
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
  Guinea
90   Ecuador
91
92
93
94
  Canada
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
  China
104
  Fiji
105
106
107
108
    Nepal
109
110
  Zambia
111
112
113
114
  Brazil
115
116
117
  Japan
118
119
  Benin
120
121
122
123
  Kenya
124
125
126
  Gambia
127
128
129
130
131
  Malawi
132
133
  Guyana
134
  Belize
135
136
  Mexico
137
138   Democratic Republic of the Congo
139   East Timor
140   Guatemala
141   Madagascar
142   Ireland
143   Ghana
144   Cape Verde
145   Trinidad and Tobago
146   Papua New Guinea
147   Mauritius
148   Malta
149   Haiti

See also

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Notes

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The 2023 report[9] has been published but the full data set for 2023 is not yet available on the BICC website.

References

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  1. ^ "BICC Publications/Global Militarization Index 2022". www.bicc.de. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ "BICC Publications/Annual Report 2006". www.bicc.de. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ Feffer, John (30 July 2021). "Artificial Intelligence Wants You and Your Job". Fair Observer. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Why Do Israel And Singapore Love Each Other?". Seeker. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ Ruiz-Healy, Eduardo. "México está poco militarizado, actuemos para que así siga". El ecominista. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Україна потрапила до топ-15 найбільш мілітаризованих країн: інфографіка". Український тиждень (in Ukrainian). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. ^ "How the Philippines' military advancements compare with its peers in the region". BusinessWorld Online. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Global Militarisation Index" (PDF). 2013 Fact Sheet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Global Militarisation Index 2023". 31 October 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 December 2023.