Compiled by BICC, the Global Militarization Index (GMI) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country's military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI covers 153 countries and is based on the latest available figures (up to 2021). The index project is financially supported by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Previously, the GMI reached back to the 1990s. Due to data reliability reasons, BICC decided to take the older data offline.