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GMI for 1997

Country Military Expenditure Index Score Military Personal Index Score Heavy Weapons Index Score GMI Score GMI Rank
Israel 2.8 2.54 3.81 458 1
Singapore 2.46 3.64 2.63 436 2
Bahrain 2.55 2.59 3.3 422 3
Croatia 3.05 1.94 2.86 393 4
Brunei 3.29 2.34 2.18 390 5
Eritrea 3.68 2.61 1.4 384 6
United Arab Emirates 2.95 1.85 2.85 383 7
Syria 2.64 2.01 2.88 377 8
Oman 3.58 1.86 1.97 370 9
Cyprus 2.65 1.78 2.93 368 10
Jordan 2.55 1.9 2.79 362 11
Saudi Arabia 4.02 0.93 2.2 357 12
Kuwait 3.32 1.19 2.62 356 13
Libya 2.34 1.29 3.16 339 14
Russia 2.15 2 2.51 333 15
Armenia 2.14 2.49 2.02 333 16
Yemen 2.72 1.42 1.97 305 17
Angola 2.99 1.7 1.38 304 18
Lebanon 2.03 1.49 2.53 302 19
Korea, Republic of 1.83 2.06 2.12 301 20
Djibouti 2.53 2.2 1.28 301 21
Bulgaria 1.63 1.49 2.85 299 22
Greece 1.86 1.35 2.73 297 23
Turkey 2.41 1.35 2 288 24
Laos 2.28 2.21 1.16 283 25
Turkmenistan 2.32 0.38 2.77 273 26
Romania 1.99 1.35 2.08 271 27
Mongolia 1.26 1.12 2.79 259 28
Albania 1.12 1.16 2.89 258 29
Finland 1.14 1.35 2.66 257 30
Belarus 1.28 0.98 2.83 254 31
Pakistan 3.01 0.98 1.1 254 32
Algeria 2.2 1.13 1.72 252 33
Cambodia 1.79 1.83 1.43 252 34
Morocco 2.34 1.23 1.44 250 35
Azerbaijan 1.52 1.56 1.84 246 36
Egypt 1.92 1.06 1.94 246 37
Liberia 3.59 0 0.56 244 38
Sweden 1.32 1.05 2.44 241 39
Ukraine 1.7 0.89 2.18 239 40
Burundi 3.01 1.27 0.46 237 41
Mauritania 2.11 1.51 1.09 235 42
Vietnam 1.72 1.32 1.53 229 43
Rwanda 2.29 1.92 0.34 228 44
Slovakia 1.52 0.43 2.12 226 45
Botswana 1.92 1.1 1.47 225 46
Macedonia 1.4 1.02 2.06 224 47
Iran 1.67 1.24 1.57 224 48
Sri Lanka 2.53 1.23 0.71 223 49
Norway 1.34 1.11 1.99 222 50
Zimbabwe 1.87 1.21 0.91 221 51
United States of America 1.75 0.66 2.01 221 52
Denmark 1.16 0.79 2.25 210 53
Czech Republic 1.21 0.61 2.34 208 54
Netherlands 1.02 0.21 1.88 207 55
Hungary 1.11 0.69 2.31 205 56
Myanmar 1.89 1.53 0.65 203 57
United Kingdom 1.25 0.51 1.6 198 58
Switzerland 0.94 0.45 2.56 198 59
Chile 1.6 1.01 1.32 197 60
France 1.46 0.74 1.71 195 61
Poland 1.43 0.76 1.69 194 62
Portugal 1.34 1 1.49 192 63
Thailand 1.61 1.12 1.11 192 64
Ethiopia 1.96 1.27 0.56 190 65
Malaysia 1.62 0.91 1.21 187 66
Uruguay 1.48 0.69 1.54 185 67
Peru 1.46 1.04 1.17 184 68
Italy 1.19 0.81 1.64 182 69
Kyrgyzstan 1.27 0.47 1.88 181 70
Guinea-Bissau 0.6 1.42 1.59 180 71
Slovenia 1.06 0.92 1.62 180 72
Spain 1.23 0.72 1.6 178 73
Bolivia 1.6 0.97 0.97 177 74
Sudan 0.91 1.16 1.44 176 75
Tunisia 1.36 0.79 1.33 174 76
Namibia 1.51 0.82 1.07 170 77
Kazakhstan 0.97 0.44 1.96 169 78
Georgia 1.02 1.06 1.29 168 79
Belgium 1.09 0.52 1.72 167 80
Germany 1.04 0.46 1.82 166 81
Ecuador 1.54 0.69 1.07 165 82
Moldova 0.76 0.57 1.89 161 83
Austria 0.84 0.61 1.73 159 84
South Africa 1.14 0.54 1.5 159 85
Chad 0.91 1.58 0.68 159 86
Zambia 0.86 1.07 0.86 155 87
Australia 1.3 0.38 1.38 153 88
Equatorial Guinea 1.54 0.78 0.71 152 89
Nicaragua 0.78 0.61 1.63 151 90
Togo 1.45 0.94 0.6 149 91
Tanzania 1.27 0.97 0.74 149 92
Colombia 1.67 0.77 0.54 149 93
Uganda 1.48 1.13 0.36 149 94
Lesotho 1.67 0.86 0.44 148 95
Uzbekistan 1.12 0.36 1.45 146 96
China 1.03 0.47 0.96 145 97
India 1.78 0.62 0.44 142 98
Paraguay 1.22 1.1 0.52 142 99
Venezuela 1.35 0.43 1.05 142 100
Canada 0.96 0.33 1.5 139 101
New Zealand 1.22 0.33 1.22 139 102
Indonesia 1.45 0.97 0.33 138 103
Central African Republic 1.07 1.06 0.56 134 104
El Salvador 0.85 0.86 0.92 132 105
Cameroon 1.06 0.88 0.41 131 106
Madagascar 1.33 0.89 0.38 130 107
Burkina Faso 1.17 0.89 0.5 128 108
Guinea 0.99 0.91 0.63 127 109
Tajikistan 1.39 0.2 0.94 127 110
Mali 1.14 0.85 0.53 126 111
Argentina 0.91 0.41 1.16 124 112
Belize 1.15 0.86 0.44 123 113
Philippines 1.5 0.37 0.54 121 114
Senegal 1.03 0.9 0.48 121 115
Estonia 0.88 0.52 0.96 118 116
Brazil 1.17 0.65 0.53 117 117
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.26 0.8 0.27 117 118
Nepal 0.78 1.38 0.04 110 119
Ireland 0.8 0.45 0.93 109 120
Mozambique 0.97 0.01 0.96 108 121
Guyana 0.74 1.03 0.4 108 122
Kenya 1.12 0.63 0.42 108 123
Seychelles 1.42 0.72 0 107 124
Bangladesh 1.34 0.61 0.19 107 125
Fiji 1.2 0.89 0 105 126
Guatemala 0.74 0.72 0.62 104 127
Japan 0.79 0.28 0.93 100 128
Niger 0.87 0.96 0.13 98 129
Panama 0.94 0.94 0 94 130
Malawi 0.84 0.85 0.06 88 131
Dominican Republic 0.74 0.54 0.45 86 132
Cape Verde 0.77 0.87 0 82 133
Latvia 0.56 0.39 0.63 78 134
Luxembourg 0.64 0.38 0.53 78 135
Cote D'Ivoire 0.73 0.71 0 72 136
Nigeria 0.45 0.45 0.51 71 137
Sierra Leone 0.78 0.59 0 69 138
Lithuania 0.69 0.32 0.37 69 139
Mexico 0.46 0.35 0.5 66 140
Malta 0.75 0.55 0 65 141
Gambia 0.43 0.82 0 63 142
Ghana 0.41 0.55 0.21 58 143
Jamaica 0.64 0.24 0.28 57 144
Papua New Guinea 0.98 0.04 0 56 145
Mauritius 0.28 0.35 0.42 53 146
Trinidad and Tobago 0.51 0.39 0 45 147
Costa Rica 0 0.4 0 20 148
Haiti 0.12 0.01 0 6 149
Iceland 0 0.05 0 3 150