Global Militarization Index by Country (Asia)
Israel is the most militarized country in Asia — ATLAS score 359.0, ahead of Kuwait (303.0) and Armenia (297.0). All 38 countries ranked with the latest available data.
Top 15 Countries
| # | Country | Militarization |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 359.0 |
| 2 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 303.0 |
| 3 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 297.0 |
| 4 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 296.0 |
| 5 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 293.0 |
| 6 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 289.0 |
| 7 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 285.0 |
| 8 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 282.0 |
| 9 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 282.0 |
| 10 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 278.0 |
| 11 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 272.0 |
| 12 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 261.0 |
| 13 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 257.0 |
| 14 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 210.0 |
| 15 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 209.0 |
Top 15 of 38 ranked countries
Statistic
About this Ranking
The Global Militarization Index (GMI), developed by the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), measures how militarized a country is relative to its size and resources. It compares military expenditure to GDP and health spending, weighs military personnel against the total population and physicians, and factors in heavy weapons relative to population. A higher score indicates a more militarized society.
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