Data for 1996

Global Militarisation Index, 1996

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1996
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1996, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1996 covers 147 countries. Israel is highest, at 347.197; Haiti is lowest, at 2.240. The middle country reads 124.519. Against 1995, 146 values changed (43 up, 103 down), 1 country joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1996

HighestIsrael

347.197

LowestHaiti

2.240

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

147countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
147distinct 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, 1996, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1996: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	347.197	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	323.291	East Asia
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	300.475	Middle East
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	297.825	Middle East
5	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	293.401	Central Europe
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	281.524	Middle East
7	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	268.296	Middle East
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	268.125	Western Europe
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	265.632	Middle East
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	254.938	East Asia
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	248.353	Middle East
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	243.111	Sub-Saharan Africa
13	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	238.106	Eastern Europe
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	234.115	Sub-Saharan Africa
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	226.729	Middle East
16	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	225.283	East Asia
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	225.186	Western Europe
18	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	224.060	Central Europe
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	223.477	East Asia
20	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	222.417	Eastern Europe
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	221.848	East Asia
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	221.752	Central Europe
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	216.194	Western Europe
24	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	202.930	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	200.431	Middle East
26	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	192.331	Central Europe
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	189.914	Western Europe
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	188.549	Eastern Europe
29	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	188.344	Eastern Europe
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	187.373	Central Europe
31	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	186.989	South Asia
32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	186.615	Eastern Europe
33	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	182.983	Central Asia
34	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	178.682	Middle East
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	176.565	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	176.439	Western Europe
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	174.916	East Asia
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	173.565	South Asia
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	172.895	North Africa
40	United States`USA`Northern America	167.863	North America
41	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	167.006	North Africa
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	163.086	Western Europe
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	161.604	East Asia
44	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	158.015	Sub-Saharan Africa
45	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	157.696	Central Europe
46	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	155.066	Middle East
47	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	154.539	Sub-Saharan Africa
48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	154.157	Western Europe
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	152.852	Central Europe
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	149.009	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	146.841	Western Europe
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	146.811	Western Europe
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	146.003	Central Europe
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	145.981	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	145.305	South America
56	Chile`CHL`South America	145.302	South America
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	142.621	East Asia
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	141.678	Central Europe
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	140.165	East Asia
60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	137.778	Western Europe
61	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	137.491	Sub-Saharan Africa
62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	136.677	East Asia
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	136.287	Western Europe
64	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	136.200	Western Europe
65	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	134.641	Sub-Saharan Africa
66	Peru`PER`South America	134.147	South America
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	133.068	Western Europe
68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	132.186	Western Europe
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	131.934	North Africa
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	130.495	Central Asia
71	Colombia`COL`South America	128.886	South America
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	128.761	Sub-Saharan Africa
73	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	126.155	Central Asia
74	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	124.519	Western Europe
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	124.110	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	123.253	Western Europe
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	120.721	Western Europe
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	119.335	South America
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	115.424	South America
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	114.595	Oceania
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	112.345	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	112.093	Eastern Europe
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	111.135	Eastern Europe
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	110.311	South America
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	109.892	North America
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	107.146	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	104.000	Oceania
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	102.540	Central America and the Caribbean
89	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	102.322	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	101.529	East Asia
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	100.148	East Asia
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	96.126	East Asia
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	94.211	South America
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	92.831	South Asia
95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	91.987	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	91.089	Central Asia
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.718	Central Asia
98	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.809	Sub-Saharan Africa
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.071	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.490	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.865	South America
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	87.465	South America
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	86.889	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	86.616	Central America and the Caribbean
105	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	86.376	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	85.553	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82.520	Western Europe
108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.628	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	78.911	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	76.594	Central Europe
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.079	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.968	Central America and the Caribbean
113	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	72.913	East Asia
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	70.631	Central America and the Caribbean
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.593	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	67.320	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.266	Central America and the Caribbean
118	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.073	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	66.889	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.823	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	66.790	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	65.252	Central America and the Caribbean
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.275	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	63.899	South Asia
125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.147	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.602	Oceania
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.926	Central Europe
128	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.996	Western Europe
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	53.354	South America
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.416	Central America and the Caribbean
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	50.539	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.021	Western Europe
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	44.245	Central Europe
134	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.257	Central America and the Caribbean
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	40.416	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.026	Oceania
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.454	South Asia
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	37.265	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	36.776	Central America and the Caribbean
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.259	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.709	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	33.178	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.197	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.371	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.636	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.952	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.240	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel347.197
#2Singapore323.291
#3Bahrain300.475
#4Syria297.825
#5Croatia293.401

Lowest

#147Haiti2.240
#146Gambia17.952
#145Ghana21.636
#144Côte d’Ivoire24.371
#143Trinidad and Tobago31.197

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 124.519. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 146 in both
43 · 103rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda56.014 → 128.761+72.747
Liberia210.095 → 234.115+24.019
Cyprus244.427 → 268.125+23.698
Burundi117.112 → 137.491+20.379
Colombia113.567 → 128.886+15.319

Fell most

DR Congo125.577 → 67.320−58.257
Albania249.461 → 224.060−25.401
Croatia317.255 → 293.401−23.854
Tajikistan113.015 → 90.718−22.296
Kuwait302.304 → 281.524−20.779

+ Georgia

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 147 countries has every column.

05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (1996). Global Militarisation Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1996

0634 held

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