Global Militarisation Index

Measure of states' peacefulness

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

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

  •   1-30 (Very Strong)
  •   30-60 (Strong)
  •   60-90 (Moderate)
  •   90-120 (Little)
  •   120-149 (Very little)
[9]
1  Ukraine
2
 Israel
3
 Armenia
4
 Qatar
5
 Bahrain
6
 Saudi Arabia
7
 Greece
8
 Singapore
9
 Azerbaijan
10
 Russia
11
 Lebanon
12
 Kuwait
13
 Oman
14
 Jordan
15
 South Korea
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
 Georgia
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
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[9] has been published but the full data set for 2023 is not yet available on the BICC website.

References

  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.