Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

Ministry of Defence - United Kingdom government department responsible for implementing the defence policy. Article “Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 19.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 809 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 40 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 9509 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #765 in October 2013
• Global: #6756 in June 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #15200 in May 2016
• Global: #58894 in November 2017

There are 28 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)		79.9355
2	Chinese (zh) 英國國防部		61.7649
3	Malay (ms) Kementerian Pertahanan (United Kingdom)		46.9933
4	Hebrew (he) משרד ההגנה (הממלכה המאוחדת)		28.8607
5	Thai (th) กระทรวงกลาโหม (สหราชอาณาจักร)		26.1097
6	Japanese (ja) 国防省 (イギリス)		25.9348
7	Norwegian (no) Storbritannias forsvarsdepartement		25.2464
8	Greek (el) Υπουργείο Άμυνας (Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο)		22.8164
9	Indonesian (id) Kementerian Pertahanan (Britania Raya)		22.7886
10	Arabic (ar) وزارة الدفاع (المملكة المتحدة)		21.7611

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)		3 338 597
2	Japanese (ja) 国防省 (イギリス)		146 983
3	German (de) Verteidigungsministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs		113 353
4	Chinese (zh) 英國國防部		105 774
5	Russian (ru) Министерство обороны Великобритании		89 174
6	French (fr) Ministère de la Défense (Royaume-Uni)		68 530
7	Korean (ko) 영국 국방부		19 102
8	Spanish (es) Ministerio de Defensa (Reino Unido)		18 837
9	Persian (fa) وزارت دفاع بریتانیا		15 924
10	Ukrainian (uk) Міністерство оборони Великої Британії		14 865

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)		14 903
2	German (de) Verteidigungsministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs		552
3	Japanese (ja) 国防省 (イギリス)		514
4	Chinese (zh) 英國國防部		463
5	Russian (ru) Министерство обороны Великобритании		407
6	French (fr) Ministère de la Défense (Royaume-Uni)		180
7	Spanish (es) Ministerio de Defensa (Reino Unido)		163
8	Persian (fa) وزارت دفاع بریتانیا		146
9	Ukrainian (uk) Міністерство оборони Великої Британії		107
10	Italian (it) Ministero della difesa (Regno Unito)		93

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)		453
2	German (de) Verteidigungsministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs		42
3	Chinese (zh) 英國國防部		38
4	Japanese (ja) 国防省 (イギリス)		36
5	Norwegian (no) Storbritannias forsvarsdepartement		27
6	French (fr) Ministère de la Défense (Royaume-Uni)		25
7	Dutch (nl) Ministerie van Defensie (Verenigd Koninkrijk)		22
8	Russian (ru) Министерство обороны Великобритании		21
9	Hebrew (he) משרד ההגנה (הממלכה המאוחדת)		18
10	Italian (it) Ministero della difesa (Regno Unito)		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)		10
2	Hebrew (he) משרד ההגנה (הממלכה המאוחדת)		3
3	Arabic (ar) وزارة الدفاع (المملكة المتحدة)		2
4	German (de) Verteidigungsministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs		2
5	Spanish (es) Ministerio de Defensa (Reino Unido)		2
6	Persian (fa) وزارت دفاع بریتانیا		2
7	Estonian (et) Suurbritannia kaitseministeerium		1
8	Japanese (ja) 国防省 (イギリス)		1
9	Russian (ru) Министерство обороны Великобритании		1
10	Chinese (zh) 英國國防部		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)		5 064
2	French (fr) Ministère de la Défense (Royaume-Uni)		644
3	German (de) Verteidigungsministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs		558
4	Chinese (zh) 英國國防部		452
5	Japanese (ja) 国防省 (イギリス)		347
6	Russian (ru) Министерство обороны Великобритании		339
7	Hebrew (he) משרד ההגנה (הממלכה המאוחדת)		310
8	Ukrainian (uk) Міністерство оборони Великої Британії		224
9	Spanish (es) Ministerio de Defensa (Reino Unido)		212
10	Portuguese (pt) Ministério da Defesa (Reino Unido)		177

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وزارة الدفاع (المملكة المتحدة)
cs	Czech Ministerstvo obrany Spojeného království
da	Danish Forsvarsministeriet (Storbritannien)
de	German Verteidigungsministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs
el	Greek Υπουργείο Άμυνας (Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο)
en	English Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
es	Spanish Ministerio de Defensa (Reino Unido)
et	Estonian Suurbritannia kaitseministeerium
fa	Persian وزارت دفاع بریتانیا
fi	Finnish Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan puolustusministeriö
fr	French Ministère de la Défense (Royaume-Uni)
he	Hebrew משרד ההגנה (הממלכה המאוחדת)
id	Indonesian Kementerian Pertahanan (Britania Raya)
it	Italian Ministero della difesa (Regno Unito)
ja	Japanese 国防省 (イギリス)
ko	Korean 영국 국방부
ms	Malay Kementerian Pertahanan (United Kingdom)
nl	Dutch Ministerie van Defensie (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
no	Norwegian Storbritannias forsvarsdepartement
pt	Portuguese Ministério da Defesa (Reino Unido)
ru	Russian Министерство обороны Великобритании
simple	Simple English Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
sr	Serbian Министарство одбране Уједињеног Краљевства
sv	Swedish Storbritanniens försvarsministerium
th	Thai กระทรวงกลาโหม (สหราชอาณาจักร)
tr	Turkish Savunma Bakanlığı (Birleşik Krallık)
uk	Ukrainian Міністерство оборони Великої Британії
zh	Chinese 英國國防部

Best Rank

Simple English: #15200 05.2016

Global: #58894 11.2017

Best Rank

Simple English: #765 10.2013

Global: #6756 06.2026

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