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Bayer, Markus. 2021 ‘Ukraine.’ BICC Global Militarization Index 2021; 2021, p. 9. Bonn: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC). 1 January
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Ukraine (position 6 in Europe) further increased its military spending by some nine per cent to US $5.9 billion. This means that the country spent 4.1 per cent of its GDP on its 209,000-strong armed forces.
This strong trend in militarisation caused it to climb three positions in the GMI to 16th place worldwide, a trend that began with the start of the Donbas conflict in 2014. At that time, Ukraine was still ranked 41st in the global ranking.
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