Data for 1991

Global Militarisation Index, 1991

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1991
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1991, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1991 covers 123 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 444.51; Haiti is lowest, at 10.61. The middle country reads 129.74. Against 1990, 119 values changed (43 up, 76 down), 4 countries joined, 2 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1991

HighestKuwait

444.51

LowestHaiti

10.61

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

123countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
123distinct 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, 1991, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1991: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	444.51	Middle East
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	393.56	Middle East
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	345.64	East Asia
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	338.91	Middle East
5	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	315.35	Middle East
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	306.53	Middle East
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	286.38	Middle East
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	285.20	Western Europe
9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	283.68	Middle East
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	277.94	East Asia
11	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	270.95	Western Europe
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	270.48	Middle East
13	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	266.31	East Asia
14	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	260.61	Central Europe
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	247.59	East Asia
16	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	245.34	Central Europe
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	237.60	Central Europe
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	230.94	Western Europe
19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	229.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	228.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
21	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	226.79	Middle East
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	214.37	East Asia
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	211.28	Middle East
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	207.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	United States`USA`Northern America	198.45	North America
26	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	196.27	Middle East
27	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	194.21	South Asia
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	191.09	Western Europe
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	186.07	Western Europe
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	184.10	Western Europe
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	184.02	Central Europe
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	180.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	178.10	North Africa
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	176.52	Western Europe
35	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	176.36	Central America and the Caribbean
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	175.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	168.72	Western Europe
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	168.05	Western Europe
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	167.77	Western Europe
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	167.18	Central Europe
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	161.43	Western Europe
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	161.21	Western Europe
43	Chile`CHL`South America	159.17	South America
44	France`FRA`Western Europe	157.39	Western Europe
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	157.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	156.07	East Asia
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	152.83	Western Europe
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	152.38	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	152.27	East Asia
50	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	151.43	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	150.69	East Asia
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	147.74	South Asia
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	145.80	Western Europe
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	141.26	Middle East
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	140.68	South America
56	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	138.24	East Asia
57	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	137.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
58	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	136.33	Central America and the Caribbean
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	136.29	Western Europe
60	Peru`PER`South America	135.04	South America
61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	134.13	North Africa
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	129.74	South America
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	129.33	North Africa
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	125.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	124.43	East Asia
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	124.39	Western Europe
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	124.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	123.53	Oceania
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	122.40	South America
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	120.70	South America
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	120.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
72	Canada`CAN`Northern America	119.47	North America
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	117.99	Oceania
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	113.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	108.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	107.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
77	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	106.60	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	106.08	South America
79	Argentina`ARG`South America	105.68	South America
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	103.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	101.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Colombia`COL`South America	99.27	South America
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	98.65	South Asia
84	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	96.34	Sub-Saharan Africa
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	96.15	South America
86	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	94.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.71	East Asia
88	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	91.03	Western Europe
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	90.15	Central America and the Caribbean
90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	86.60	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	85.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	84.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.81	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	81.71	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	80.65	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	80.63	Oceania
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	80.31	Central America and the Caribbean
100	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	80.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	74.92	East Asia
102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	74.80	East Asia
103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.11	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	66.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	63.05	Western Europe
107	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.93	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.38	Central America and the Caribbean
110	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	53.40	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.64	South America
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	50.94	South Asia
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	49.24	Central America and the Caribbean
114	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.83	Western Europe
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.89	Central America and the Caribbean
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	45.59	Oceania
117	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.16	South Asia
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.63	Central America and the Caribbean
119	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.94	Central America and the Caribbean
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.87	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27.85	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	24.37	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.61	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Kuwait444.51
#2Israel393.56
#3Singapore345.64
#4Syria338.91
#5Jordan315.35

Lowest

#123Haiti10.61
#122Gambia24.37
#121Ghana27.85
#120Côte d’Ivoire35.87
#119Mexico41.94

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 129.74. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −2countries joined / left
119values changed, of 119 in both
43 · 76rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Germany99.65 → 161.43+61.78
Türkiye221.30 → 270.95+49.65
Liberia97.43 → 137.39+39.96
Bahrain244.47 → 283.68+39.21
Kuwait412.79 → 444.51+31.73

Fell most

Ethiopia250.77 → 175.25−75.52
Angola262.12 → 207.58−54.55
Mozambique164.36 → 120.27−44.09
Mongolia292.06 → 266.31−25.74
Zambia147.29 → 124.04−23.26

+ Central African Republic

+ Djibouti

+ Guinea

+ Nicaragua

− Republic of the Congo

− Niger

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 123 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (1991). Global Militarisation Index, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1991

0634 held

Other years

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Global Militarisation Index, 1990
121 countries
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133 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions