Data for 1995

Global Militarisation Index, 1995

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1995
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1995, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1995 covers 146 countries. Israel is highest, at 350.61; Haiti is lowest, at 6.93. The middle country reads 126.46. Against 1994, 146 values changed (30 up, 116 down), 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1995

HighestIsrael

350.61

LowestHaiti

6.93

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

146countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
146distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01BICC’s rank

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Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 1995, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1995: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	350.61	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	323.04	East Asia
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	317.26	Central Europe
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	312.40	Middle East
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	302.30	Middle East
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	300.34	Middle East
7	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	276.35	Middle East
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	254.98	Middle East
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	254.71	East Asia
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	253.35	Middle East
11	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	249.46	Central Europe
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	245.93	Eastern Europe
13	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	244.43	Western Europe
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	239.56	East Asia
15	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	233.54	Eastern Europe
16	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	232.21	Middle East
17	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	230.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	227.39	Western Europe
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	225.79	East Asia
20	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	223.84	East Asia
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	221.20	Central Europe
22	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	214.48	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	212.29	Western Europe
24	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	210.10	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	204.93	Central Europe
26	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	204.41	Middle East
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	203.50	Eastern Europe
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	201.16	Central Europe
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	198.72	Western Europe
30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	198.63	Eastern Europe
31	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	188.72	South Asia
32	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	187.11	Central Asia
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	185.72	Eastern Europe
34	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	184.39	South Asia
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	181.44	Middle East
36	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	180.13	Western Europe
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	179.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	178.29	North Africa
39	United States`USA`Northern America	173.04	North America
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	166.24	Central Europe
41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	165.74	Western Europe
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	165.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
43	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	162.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	162.13	East Asia
45	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	161.97	East Asia
46	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	161.52	North Africa
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	158.07	Western Europe
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	157.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	154.12	Central Europe
50	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	153.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	151.34	Western Europe
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	150.22	Western Europe
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	150.08	Middle East
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	149.71	Central Europe
55	Chile`CHL`South America	149.19	South America
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	146.45	East Asia
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	145.25	East Asia
58	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	144.09	Western Europe
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	143.18	South America
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	142.90	Western Europe
61	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	142.52	Central Europe
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	142.23	East Asia
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	139.33	Western Europe
64	Peru`PER`South America	138.36	South America
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	135.90	Central Asia
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	135.26	Western Europe
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	134.71	Western Europe
68	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	133.08	Western Europe
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	130.84	Sub-Saharan Africa
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	129.66	North Africa
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	129.43	South America
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	128.76	Central Asia
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	126.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
74	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	126.20	Sub-Saharan Africa
75	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	125.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	125.34	Western Europe
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	121.70	Western Europe
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	120.74	South America
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	117.25	Oceania
80	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	117.11	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Canada`CAN`Northern America	113.89	North America
82	Colombia`COL`South America	113.57	South America
83	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	113.01	Central Asia
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	112.18	Eastern Europe
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	109.38	Central America and the Caribbean
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	108.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	106.33	South America
88	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	105.79	Oceania
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	102.54	East Asia
90	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	100.87	Sub-Saharan Africa
91	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	100.45	East Asia
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.91	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	98.86	South America
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	98.45	East Asia
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.14	South America
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	95.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	93.96	South Asia
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	93.63	South America
99	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90.90	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	88.34	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88.26	Central America and the Caribbean
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	88.06	Central America and the Caribbean
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.55	Western Europe
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	86.38	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.89	Central Asia
108	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	83.59	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	78.34	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	75.27	Central America and the Caribbean
111	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	74.34	East Asia
112	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	74.26	Central Europe
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	72.21	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	71.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.65	Central Europe
119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	67.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	67.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.51	Oceania
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.38	Central America and the Caribbean
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.51	South Asia
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.50	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.01	South America
126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.83	Western Europe
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.78	Central America and the Caribbean
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	49.92	Central America and the Caribbean
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.84	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.71	Western Europe
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.54	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	42.87	Central Europe
135	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.10	Central America and the Caribbean
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	40.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.13	South Asia
138	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	36.38	Central America and the Caribbean
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.11	Oceania
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34.00	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29.63	Central America and the Caribbean
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.47	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.93	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel350.61
#2Singapore323.04
#3Croatia317.26
#4Syria312.40
#5Kuwait302.30

Lowest

#146Haiti6.93
#145Gambia14.27
#144Ghana24.47
#143Côte d’Ivoire28.30
#142Trinidad and Tobago29.63

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 126.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
146values changed, of 146 in both
30 · 116rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Armenia192.05 → 233.54+41.49
Tajikistan76.57 → 113.01+36.44
Mauritania94.04 → 126.20+32.16
Estonia44.00 → 74.26+30.27
Latvia39.81 → 69.65+29.84

Fell most

Liberia315.93 → 210.10−105.84
Seychelles245.55 → 162.66−82.89
Ethiopia160.66 → 91.04−69.62
Rwanda114.06 → 56.01−58.05
Mozambique141.41 → 88.34−53.07

− Qatar

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 146 countries has every column.

05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (1995). Global Militarisation Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1995

0634 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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