...i thought we were number two, after the Korean divide.
http://in-cyprus.com/cyprus-seventh-most-militarised-country/
The other countries in the top ten list are Israel, Singapore, Armenia, Jordan, South Korea, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait and Greece.
The United States and China are absent from the GMI Top 10, despite being global leaders in military spending. This is because when their military expenditures are measured as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) and their military headcount and heavy weapon system numbers are measured per 1,000 inhabitants, the situation looks rather different.