Data for 1999

Global Militarisation Index, 1999

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 1999
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 1999, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 1999 covers 142 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 461.89; Gambia is lowest, at 16.79. The middle country reads 124.89. Against 1998, 141 values changed (63 up, 78 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 1999

HighestEritrea

461.89

LowestGambia

16.79

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

142countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
142distinct values13 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, 1999, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 1999: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	461.89	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	331.93	East Asia
3	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	330.51	Middle East
4	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	319.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	298.28	Middle East
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	289.33	Middle East
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	285.20	Middle East
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	264.39	Middle East
9	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	260.12	Middle East
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	259.65	East Asia
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	259.17	Middle East
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	257.85	Middle East
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	247.85	North Africa
14	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	240.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
15	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	238.58	Central Europe
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	235.13	Western Europe
17	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	230.01	Middle East
18	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	225.13	Eastern Europe
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	220.81	Eastern Europe
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	217.07	Western Europe
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	216.37	East Asia
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	215.62	Central Europe
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	215.26	Middle East
24	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	204.83	Eastern Europe
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	203.51	Sub-Saharan Africa
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	201.33	Western Europe
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	198.70	East Asia
28	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	188.80	Central Asia
29	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	188.17	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	187.67	Central Europe
31	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	184.59	Sub-Saharan Africa
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	184.47	North Africa
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	183.43	Western Europe
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	181.51	Eastern Europe
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	176.80	East Asia
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	176.34	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	175.62	Eastern Europe
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	173.64	South Asia
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	170.00	Western Europe
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	166.77	Middle East
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	162.48	East Asia
42	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	160.60	South Asia
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	159.55	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	159.25	South America
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	157.15	Western Europe
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	155.06	Central Europe
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	153.68	Central Europe
48	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	152.95	Central Europe
49	United States`USA`Northern America	151.37	North America
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	150.08	Middle East
51	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	146.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	145.59	Western Europe
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	145.27	North Africa
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	143.33	Central Europe
55	Chile`CHL`South America	143.00	South America
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	140.12	Central Europe
57	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	139.38	Western Europe
58	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	138.91	Sub-Saharan Africa
59	France`FRA`Western Europe	134.49	Western Europe
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	133.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	133.16	Western Europe
62	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	132.07	Central Europe
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	132.04	East Asia
64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	131.01	Western Europe
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	130.34	Central Asia
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	128.81	Western Europe
67	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	127.31	Sub-Saharan Africa
68	Peru`PER`South America	127.14	South America
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	127.05	Western Europe
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	126.55	East Asia
71	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	125.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
72	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	124.37	Western Europe
73	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	123.58	Central Asia
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	120.80	Eastern Europe
75	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	119.93	Western Europe
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	119.76	North Africa
77	Colombia`COL`South America	118.61	South America
78	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	115.06	Western Europe
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	113.81	South America
80	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	112.61	East Asia
81	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	112.60	Western Europe
82	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	112.50	Central Asia
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	110.99	Sub-Saharan Africa
84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	110.86	Oceania
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	110.21	South America
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	104.35	Eastern Europe
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	103.37	North America
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	102.25	East Asia
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	99.45	South Asia
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.00	Sub-Saharan Africa
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	98.45	Central America and the Caribbean
92	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	98.39	Central Europe
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.39	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	96.27	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	94.90	South America
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	94.36	Oceania
97	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.46	Central America and the Caribbean
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	89.47	South America
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	89.17	South America
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.86	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	85.58	South America
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	82.97	Central Asia
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	81.63	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	78.46	East Asia
106	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	77.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	74.57	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.20	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73.90	Western Europe
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.86	Oceania
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	72.85	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71.87	East Asia
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.28	South Asia
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.34	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.23	Central America and the Caribbean
117	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	65.61	Central Europe
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	62.87	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.68	Central Europe
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	61.22	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	60.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.38	South America
124	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.40	Central America and the Caribbean
125	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.15	Central America and the Caribbean
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.56	East Asia
128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	49.87	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	49.55	Central America and the Caribbean
130	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.13	Central America and the Caribbean
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	46.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	41.29	Western Europe
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.18	South Asia
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.02	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.47	Western Europe
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	33.21	Central America and the Caribbean
137	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.10	Oceania
140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27.57	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.14	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.79	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Eritrea461.89
#2Singapore331.93
#3Israel330.51
#4Angola319.63
#5Bahrain298.28

Lowest

#142Gambia16.79
#141Côte d’Ivoire23.14
#140Ghana27.57
#139Papua New Guinea28.10
#138Malawi31.41

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 124.89. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
141values changed, of 141 in both
63 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Angola182.44 → 319.63+137.18
Eritrea347.67 → 461.89+114.22
Ethiopia152.95 → 203.51+50.55
Djibouti193.04 → 240.44+47.39
Sudan135.37 → 176.34+40.98

Fell most

Indonesia95.58 → 52.56−43.03
Albania186.15 → 155.06−31.10
Laos189.71 → 162.48−27.23
Cyprus258.53 → 235.13−23.40
Saudi Arabia280.96 → 259.17−21.79

+ Benin

− Equatorial Guinea

− Haiti

− Togo

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

Read before you use

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 142 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (1999). Global Militarisation Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/1999

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Global Militarisation Index, 1998
144 countries
The year after ›
Global Militarisation Index, 2000
143 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