Data for 1997

Global Militarisation Index, 1997

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1997
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1997, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1997 covers 147 countries. Israel is highest, at 342.36; Haiti is lowest, at 2.26. The middle country reads 122.07. Against 1996, 145 values changed (69 up, 76 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1997

HighestIsrael

342.36

LowestHaiti

2.26

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

147countries
1measure
1997the 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, 1997, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1997: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	342.36	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	327.34	East Asia
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	300.93	Middle East
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	296.38	Middle East
5	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	287.59	Central Europe
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	280.04	Middle East
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	275.01	East Asia
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	274.17	Middle East
9	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	268.73	Western Europe
10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	268.26	Middle East
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	267.77	Middle East
12	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	266.35	Middle East
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	253.86	North Africa
14	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	251.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
15	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	239.16	Eastern Europe
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	232.87	Sub-Saharan Africa
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	232.17	Eastern Europe
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	222.98	Middle East
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	221.75	East Asia
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	221.62	Central Europe
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	219.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	219.33	Western Europe
23	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	215.03	Middle East
24	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	212.26	Western Europe
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	209.45	East Asia
26	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	209.13	Central Asia
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	199.23	East Asia
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	197.47	Central Europe
29	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	196.82	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	196.45	Eastern Europe
31	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	194.00	Eastern Europe
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	190.15	Western Europe
33	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	186.32	Central Europe
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	185.51	East Asia
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	183.55	Eastern Europe
36	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	182.79	South Asia
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	179.92	North Africa
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	176.83	Western Europe
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	176.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	174.50	North Africa
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	174.01	Middle East
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	166.66	Central Europe
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	164.97	South Asia
44	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	162.56	Western Europe
45	United States`USA`Northern America	161.76	North America
46	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	159.61	East Asia
47	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	157.68	Middle East
48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	154.90	Western Europe
49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	153.56	Central Europe
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	152.29	Central Europe
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	149.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Chile`CHL`South America	146.41	South America
53	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	145.14	Western Europe
54	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	143.79	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	143.63	Western Europe
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	142.68	Central Europe
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	140.23	South America
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	139.68	East Asia
59	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	138.74	Sub-Saharan Africa
60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	136.66	Western Europe
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	136.37	Western Europe
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	134.33	Central Asia
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	133.78	Western Europe
64	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	133.61	Western Europe
65	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	131.85	Central Europe
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	130.72	Western Europe
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	130.09	East Asia
68	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	129.50	East Asia
69	Peru`PER`South America	125.40	South America
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	125.01	North Africa
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	123.50	Central Asia
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	122.53	Eastern Europe
73	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	122.44	Western Europe
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	122.07	South America
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	121.77	South America
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	121.46	Western Europe
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	120.92	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	118.04	Eastern Europe
79	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	116.83	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	116.72	Western Europe
81	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	113.47	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	112.03	Oceania
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	111.69	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	111.00	Sub-Saharan Africa
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	109.92	East Asia
86	Colombia`COL`South America	109.09	South America
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	105.88	Central America and the Caribbean
88	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	105.53	Central Asia
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	105.52	South America
90	Canada`CAN`Northern America	105.29	North America
91	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	104.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	102.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	101.39	Oceania
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.74	East Asia
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	96.39	South America
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	94.03	South Asia
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	90.79	South America
99	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.57	Central Asia
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	86.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.40	Central Europe
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	86.29	East Asia
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	85.53	South America
105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	85.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	84.36	Central America and the Caribbean
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	79.60	Western Europe
109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.76	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.02	East Asia
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.59	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	68.73	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	68.72	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.69	Central America and the Caribbean
117	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.16	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.06	Central America and the Caribbean
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.02	South Asia
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	66.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	65.97	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.48	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.56	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	64.32	Central America and the Caribbean
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.01	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.23	Oceania
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.82	Central Europe
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.88	Central America and the Caribbean
129	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.56	Western Europe
130	Guyana`GUY`South America	53.13	South America
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	49.15	Central Europe
132	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.84	Central America and the Caribbean
133	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.46	Western Europe
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.21	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.57	Oceania
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.98	South Asia
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.71	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.98	Central America and the Caribbean
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.34	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	30.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.62	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.26	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel342.36
#2Singapore327.34
#3Bahrain300.93
#4United Arab Emirates296.38
#5Croatia287.59

Lowest

#147Haiti2.26
#146Gambia18.62
#145Ghana21.77
#144Côte d’Ivoire23.07
#143Sierra Leone26.14

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 122.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −2countries joined / left
145values changed, of 145 in both
69 · 76rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Angola149.01 → 219.96+70.95
Chad86.38 → 116.83+30.45
Turkmenistan182.98 → 209.13+26.15
Ethiopia89.81 → 113.47+23.66
Yemen200.43 → 222.98+22.55

Fell most

Seychelles158.02 → 68.73−89.29
Albania224.06 → 186.32−37.74
Mongolia225.28 → 199.23−26.06
Sierra Leone50.54 → 26.14−24.40
Slovakia187.37 → 166.66−20.71

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Libya

− Republic of the Congo

− Honduras

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) (1997). Global Militarisation Index, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1997

0634 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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