Data for 2002

Global Militarisation Index, 2002

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2002
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2002, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2002 covers 147 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 430.93; Gambia is lowest, at 10.23. The middle country reads 120.14. Against 2001, 144 values changed (50 up, 94 down), 3 countries joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2002

HighestEritrea

430.93

LowestGambia

10.23

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

147countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2002, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2002: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	430.93	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	321.73	Middle East
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	308.95	East Asia
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	284.90	Middle East
5	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	280.53	Middle East
6	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	264.92	Middle East
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	260.33	Middle East
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	252.81	East Asia
9	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	249.82	Middle East
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	249.67	Middle East
11	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	244.50	Middle East
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	234.75	Middle East
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	229.64	Middle East
14	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	226.66	Eastern Europe
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	224.88	North Africa
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	220.96	Middle East
17	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	215.21	Sub-Saharan Africa
18	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	213.90	Central Europe
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	213.77	Western Europe
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	212.42	East Asia
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	212.37	Western Europe
22	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	204.41	Eastern Europe
23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	199.15	Eastern Europe
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	197.38	Central Europe
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	191.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	188.62	North Africa
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	185.38	Western Europe
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	179.60	Western Europe
29	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	179.09	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	178.96	East Asia
31	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	177.55	Sub-Saharan Africa
32	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	177.16	Middle East
33	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	173.59	Central Asia
34	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	170.86	Eastern Europe
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	165.79	Central Europe
36	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	164.46	Eastern Europe
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	162.67	North Africa
38	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	162.40	East Asia
39	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	162.39	Central Europe
40	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	162.01	South Asia
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	157.56	South Asia
42	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	152.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
43	Chile`CHL`South America	151.96	South America
44	United States`USA`Northern America	151.04	North America
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	149.90	Western Europe
46	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	149.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
47	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	146.64	Central Europe
48	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	143.69	Middle East
49	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	142.65	Western Europe
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	141.75	Central Europe
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	140.41	East Asia
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	140.07	Central Europe
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	139.01	Central Europe
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	138.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	137.99	South America
56	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	137.64	Central Asia
57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	136.69	Central Asia
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	136.39	East Asia
59	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	134.30	Sub-Saharan Africa
60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	134.09	Western Europe
61	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	132.33	Western Europe
62	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	131.19	Central Europe
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	128.71	Eastern Europe
64	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	128.48	Western Europe
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	127.76	Central Europe
66	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	127.37	Sub-Saharan Africa
67	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	127.24	Western Europe
68	France`FRA`Western Europe	127.19	Western Europe
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	127.08	Sub-Saharan Africa
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	126.09	Sub-Saharan Africa
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	125.69	East Asia
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	124.82	Western Europe
73	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	120.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
74	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	120.14	Western Europe
75	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	119.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Colombia`COL`South America	118.30	South America
77	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	117.13	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	116.76	North Africa
79	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	115.95	Western Europe
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	115.93	South America
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	115.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
82	Peru`PER`South America	113.43	South America
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	111.49	South America
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	111.25	Western Europe
85	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	111.09	Central Europe
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	108.32	Western Europe
87	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	107.90	Oceania
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	107.37	Central Europe
89	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	105.85	Western Europe
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	105.51	South America
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	105.06	East Asia
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	101.90	Central America and the Caribbean
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	101.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.72	Eastern Europe
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	96.78	South Asia
96	Canada`CAN`Northern America	95.59	North America
97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	92.31	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	89.99	South America
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	89.73	East Asia
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88.24	Central America and the Caribbean
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	87.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.67	South America
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	87.64	South America
104	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	86.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	85.02	Central Europe
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	82.90	Oceania
107	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.74	Oceania
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	82.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	81.86	Central Asia
110	Argentina`ARG`South America	81.64	South America
111	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.44	East Asia
112	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.28	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.79	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	72.19	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	70.89	East Asia
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.48	South Asia
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	69.90	Central America and the Caribbean
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	69.54	Central America and the Caribbean
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	67.42	Central America and the Caribbean
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	65.87	Central Asia
121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	64.53	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.20	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	63.25	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.10	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.84	Western Europe
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	59.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	59.61	South Asia
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.74	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.71	Central America and the Caribbean
132	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.56	East Asia
133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.64	Central America and the Caribbean
134	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.38	Central America and the Caribbean
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	40.07	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.00	Oceania
139	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	39.12	Western Europe
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.77	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.11	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	28.12	Western Europe
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	23.37	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.90	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.41	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.66	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.23	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Eritrea430.93
#2Israel321.73
#3Singapore308.95
#4Bahrain284.90
#5Syria280.53

Lowest

#147Gambia10.23
#146Ghana20.66
#145DR Congo21.41
#144Malawi21.90
#143Trinidad and Tobago23.37

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 120.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 144 in both
50 · 94rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tanzania70.21 → 92.31+22.10
Zimbabwe161.43 → 179.09+17.66
Kenya67.73 → 82.58+14.85
Yemen206.11 → 220.96+14.85
Tajikistan52.83 → 65.87+13.04

Fell most

United Arab Emirates262.69 → 234.75−27.93
Angola215.11 → 191.03−24.07
Mauritania155.30 → 134.30−21.00
Cyprus232.14 → 212.37−19.77
Eritrea446.22 → 430.93−15.29

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Central African Republic

+ Qatar

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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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2002). Global Militarisation Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2002

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