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Global Militarisation Index, 2000

Figures for 2000, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2000 covers 143 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 500.000; Gambia is lowest, at 12.980. The middle country reads 120.021. Against 1999, 141 values changed (51 up, 90 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2000

HighestEritrea

500.000

LowestGambia

12.980

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

01BICC’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 2000, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 143 countries · select a heading to sort

Global Militarisation Index, 2000: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).
1EritreaERIEastern Africa500.000Sub-Saharan Africa
2IsraelISRWestern Asia327.623Middle East
3SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia307.706East Asia
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia289.302Middle East
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia288.648Middle East
6SyriaSYRWestern Asia286.818Middle East
7KuwaitKWTWestern Asia265.343Middle East
8JordanJORWestern Asia263.481Middle East
9OmanOMNWestern Asia261.495Middle East
10Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia257.000Middle East
11BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia250.553East Asia
12LibyaLBYNorthern Africa245.282North Africa
13AngolaAGOMiddle Africa242.782Sub-Saharan Africa
14LebanonLBNWestern Asia234.467Middle East
15CyprusCYPWestern Asia227.677Western Europe
16CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe224.052Central Europe
17RussiaRUSEastern Europe222.784Eastern Europe
18DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa220.753Sub-Saharan Africa
19GreeceGRCSouthern Europe217.768Western Europe
20ArmeniaARMWestern Asia217.653Eastern Europe
21South KoreaKOREastern Asia217.432East Asia
22BulgariaBGREastern Europe215.727Central Europe
23BelarusBLREastern Europe205.401Eastern Europe
24YemenYEMWestern Asia204.350Middle East
25MongoliaMNGEastern Asia196.721East Asia

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1Eritrea500.000
  2. #2Israel327.623
  3. #3Singapore307.706
  4. #4United Arab Emirates289.302
  5. #5Bahrain288.648

Lowest

  1. #143Gambia12.980
  2. #142DR Congo17.408
  3. #141Côte d’Ivoire23.260
  4. #140Ghana29.073
  5. #139Jamaica31.946

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 120.021. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 141 in both
  • 51 · 90rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Gabon+ Honduras− Central African Republic

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 143 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2000). Global Militarisation Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2000

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07Questions

Global Militarisation Index, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Global Militarisation Index in Global Militarisation Index, 2000?

Eritrea, at 500.000, of the 143 countries in the file.

What year does Global Militarisation Index, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Global Militarisation Index, 2000 cover?

143.

Where can I download Global Militarisation Index, 2000?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Global Militarisation Index, 2000 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Global Militarisation Index, 2023.

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