Data for 1998

Global Militarisation Index, 1998

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1998
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1998, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1998 covers 144 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 347.67; Haiti is lowest, at 2.04. The middle country reads 122.16. Against 1997, 144 values changed (45 up, 99 down), 3 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1998

HighestEritrea

347.67

LowestHaiti

2.04

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

144countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
144distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01BICC’s rank

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Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 1998, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1998: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	347.67	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	337.12	Middle East
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	325.83	East Asia
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	299.55	Middle East
5	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	295.06	Middle East
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	280.96	Middle East
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	280.38	Middle East
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	272.09	East Asia
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	271.51	Middle East
10	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	263.83	North Africa
11	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	262.46	Middle East
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	262.41	Middle East
13	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	258.53	Western Europe
14	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	246.86	Central Europe
15	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	223.62	Eastern Europe
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	222.58	East Asia
17	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	221.88	Middle East
18	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	221.38	Central Europe
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	220.13	Eastern Europe
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	220.10	Western Europe
21	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	215.04	Middle East
22	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	201.41	East Asia
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	196.88	Western Europe
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	195.83	Central Europe
25	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	193.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
26	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	189.71	East Asia
27	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	189.31	Central Asia
28	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	187.73	Eastern Europe
29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	186.65	Eastern Europe
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	186.56	Western Europe
31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	186.15	Central Europe
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	184.79	North Africa
33	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	184.38	Sub-Saharan Africa
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	182.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
35	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	177.91	South Asia
36	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	176.85	East Asia
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	176.00	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	174.37	Eastern Europe
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	172.63	Western Europe
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	169.69	South Asia
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	169.09	Middle East
42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	161.61	North Africa
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	158.09	Central Europe
44	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	157.86	Western Europe
45	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	157.15	Sub-Saharan Africa
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	155.66	Central Europe
47	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	154.69	Middle East
48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	154.56	Western Europe
49	United States`USA`Northern America	153.30	North America
50	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	152.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	141.95	Central Europe
52	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	141.20	Western Europe
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	139.92	Central Europe
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	138.59	South America
55	Chile`CHL`South America	138.34	South America
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	136.98	Western Europe
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	136.58	East Asia
58	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	135.37	Sub-Saharan Africa
59	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	134.94	Western Europe
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	132.18	Western Europe
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	131.98	Western Europe
62	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	131.87	Central Europe
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	130.57	Western Europe
64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	129.77	Central Asia
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	128.60	Central Asia
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	127.55	Western Europe
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	127.23	South America
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	125.71	South America
69	Peru`PER`South America	124.89	South America
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	124.72	Eastern Europe
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	122.89	North Africa
72	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	122.80	Sub-Saharan Africa
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	121.51	East Asia
74	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	118.64	Western Europe
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	117.30	East Asia
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	116.10	Western Europe
77	Colombia`COL`South America	115.92	South America
78	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	115.88	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	115.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	114.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	113.14	Western Europe
82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	111.64	Oceania
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	109.10	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	107.70	Central Asia
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	106.82	Eastern Europe
86	Canada`CAN`Northern America	104.93	North America
87	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.40	Oceania
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	100.34	Central America and the Caribbean
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	99.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.93	East Asia
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.49	South America
92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	95.58	East Asia
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	95.15	South Asia
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	94.47	South America
95	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	92.83	Central Europe
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.76	Central Asia
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	89.86	South America
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	88.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	86.86	South America
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	84.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	83.65	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	81.27	East Asia
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	81.13	Central America and the Caribbean
106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	79.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	74.99	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.60	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	74.57	Western Europe
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	72.65	East Asia
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67.72	South Asia
113	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.62	Central Europe
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.44	Central America and the Caribbean
115	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	67.28	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	66.90	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.79	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.35	Central America and the Caribbean
119	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	62.99	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.74	Central America and the Caribbean
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.45	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.15	Central Europe
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	58.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	56.35	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.09	Oceania
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.86	Central America and the Caribbean
127	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.12	Western Europe
128	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.98	South America
129	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.97	Central America and the Caribbean
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	42.63	Western Europe
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	41.78	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.26	South Asia
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.49	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	34.59	Central America and the Caribbean
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.47	Oceania
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.56	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	32.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.18	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	28.82	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.22	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.91	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.21	Sub-Saharan Africa
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.04	Central America and the Caribbean

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Eritrea347.67
#2Israel337.12
#3Singapore325.83
#4Bahrain299.55
#5United Arab Emirates295.06

Lowest

#144Haiti2.04
#143Gambia17.21
#142Côte d’Ivoire22.91
#141Ghana24.22
#140Mauritius28.82

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 122.16. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −3countries joined / left
144values changed, of 144 in both
45 · 99rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea251.98 → 347.67+95.69
Ethiopia113.47 → 152.95+39.48
Botswana149.69 → 184.38+34.69
Sudan102.72 → 135.37+32.65
Guinea-Bissau104.27 → 122.80+18.54

Fell most

Croatia287.59 → 246.86−40.73
Angola219.96 → 182.44−37.51
DR Congo61.01 → 30.18−30.83
Mauritania138.74 → 115.88−22.86
Turkmenistan209.13 → 189.31−19.82

− Liberia

− Trinidad and Tobago

− Vietnam

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 144 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (1998). Global Militarisation Index, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1998

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Global Militarisation Index, 1997
147 countries
The year after ›
Global Militarisation Index, 1999
142 countries
All of them
Global Militarisation Index: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions