Global Militarization Index (GMI)
Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
The Global Militarization Index (GMI) not only depicts levels of global militarization but also documents the development since 1990. The GMI is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). This year’s GMI shows, once more, that the Middle East is the highest militarized region in the world.

Funded by
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Duration of project
since 2009Publications
- Mutschler, M. M. (2016, December). Global Militarization Index 2016. Bonn: BICC.
- Grebe, J., & Mutschler, M. M. (2015, November). Global Militarisation Index 2015. Bonn: BICC.
- Grebe, J. (2014, December). Global Militarisation Index 2014. Bonn: BICC.
- Grebe, J. (2013). BICC’s Global Militarization Index (GMI) 2013: Factsheet. Bonn: BICC.
- Grebe, J. (2012). BICC’s Global Militarization Index (GMI) 2012: Factsheet
- Grebe, J. (2011, February). The Global Militarization Index (GMI): Use of the GMI for evaluating the development orientation of states and regional militarization (Paper). Bonn: BICC.