Global Militarisation Index

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 the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The GMI was first published in 2006. The GMI 2023 covers 149 states and is widely used to study the military economies of different countries and to compare them. It focuses on three major indicators: military personnel, military expenditures and weaponry.

Measurement

The index uses a number of indicators.

Countries

2023 Global Militarisation Index
Rank Country
1 Ukraine
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85
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90 Ecuador
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
  Nepal
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
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

Notes

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

References

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