Data for 1990

Global Militarisation Index, 1990

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1990
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1990, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1990 covers 121 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 412.79; Haiti is lowest, at 10.32. The middle country reads 135.39.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1990

HighestKuwait

412.79

LowestHaiti

10.32

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

121countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
121distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01BICC’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 1990, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1990: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	412.79	Middle East
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	386.84	Middle East
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	343.93	East Asia
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	317.82	Middle East
5	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	311.12	Middle East
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	309.50	Middle East
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	295.18	Middle East
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	292.06	East Asia
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	282.07	East Asia
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	278.81	Western Europe
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	275.30	Middle East
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	262.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
13	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	261.52	Central Europe
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	253.63	Central Europe
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	253.16	East Asia
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	250.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
17	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	244.47	Middle East
18	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	236.92	Central Europe
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	236.84	Western Europe
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	235.33	East Asia
21	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	228.20	Middle East
22	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	225.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	221.30	Western Europe
24	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	218.66	Middle East
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	217.16	Middle East
26	United States`USA`Northern America	200.67	North America
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	195.21	Central Europe
28	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	194.72	South Asia
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	189.16	Western Europe
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	186.78	Western Europe
31	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	184.71	Western Europe
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	182.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	182.71	Western Europe
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	180.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	178.80	North Africa
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	177.67	Central Europe
37	Chile`CHL`South America	171.87	South America
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	170.69	Western Europe
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	170.27	Western Europe
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	167.48	Western Europe
41	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	164.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	162.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	161.96	Western Europe
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	159.71	Western Europe
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	159.35	Western Europe
46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	155.89	Sub-Saharan Africa
47	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	155.43	East Asia
48	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	153.65	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	153.58	Middle East
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	153.42	South America
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	152.84	East Asia
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	151.66	Western Europe
53	Peru`PER`South America	151.17	South America
54	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	147.29	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	147.28	Central America and the Caribbean
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	145.92	East Asia
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	143.33	South America
58	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	138.66	North Africa
59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	136.80	East Asia
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	135.77	North Africa
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	135.39	Western Europe
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	134.79	South Asia
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	125.98	Western Europe
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	125.69	South America
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	124.44	East Asia
66	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	123.26	Oceania
67	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	122.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	121.26	Oceania
69	Canada`CAN`Northern America	117.95	North America
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	111.98	South America
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	111.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
72	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	111.50	Sub-Saharan Africa
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	106.26	Central America and the Caribbean
74	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	104.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
75	Argentina`ARG`South America	104.56	South America
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	103.98	South America
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	103.21	South Asia
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	100.89	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Colombia`COL`South America	100.70	South America
80	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.65	Western Europe
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	99.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.89	South America
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	98.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	97.43	Sub-Saharan Africa
85	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	97.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	96.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	95.49	Central America and the Caribbean
88	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	94.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	90.95	East Asia
90	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	90.78	Western Europe
91	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	90.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	88.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	86.48	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	85.49	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	82.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	79.53	Oceania
97	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	79.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	76.07	East Asia
99	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75.12	East Asia
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.08	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.73	Central America and the Caribbean
102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.62	Oceania
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.02	South America
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.30	Western Europe
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	61.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.18	Central America and the Caribbean
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.95	Central America and the Caribbean
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.50	Central America and the Caribbean
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	50.74	South Asia
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	48.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	47.12	Western Europe
115	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.97	Central America and the Caribbean
116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.34	South Asia
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	29.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.93	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.32	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Kuwait412.79
#2Israel386.84
#3Singapore343.93
#4Syria317.82
#5Jordan311.12

Lowest

#121Haiti10.32
#120Gambia22.93
#119Ghana24.24
#118Niger29.27
#117Côte d’Ivoire35.26

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 135.39. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

The rank is BICC’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

04The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (1990). Global Militarisation Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1990

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