Data for 2003

Global Militarisation Index, 2003

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2003
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2003, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2003 covers 147 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 449.684; Malawi is lowest, at 20.340. The middle country reads 117.894. Against 2002, 144 values changed (53 up, 91 down), 3 countries joined, 3 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2003

HighestEritrea

449.684

LowestMalawi

20.340

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

147countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2003: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	449.684	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	320.743	Middle East
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	314.947	East Asia
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	283.731	Middle East
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	279.653	Middle East
6	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	264.053	Middle East
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	255.115	Middle East
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	254.821	Middle East
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	253.161	Middle East
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	248.766	East Asia
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	237.353	Middle East
12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	228.734	Middle East
13	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	226.358	Eastern Europe
14	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	225.756	Middle East
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	223.403	North Africa
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	211.915	Sub-Saharan Africa
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	211.352	East Asia
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	210.690	Western Europe
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	206.991	Central Europe
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	206.626	Western Europe
21	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	201.002	Eastern Europe
22	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	200.767	Middle East
23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	194.458	Eastern Europe
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	189.142	Middle East
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	181.525	Western Europe
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	181.216	North Africa
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	178.654	Western Europe
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	174.301	East Asia
29	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	173.848	Eastern Europe
30	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	172.719	Sub-Saharan Africa
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	172.696	Sub-Saharan Africa
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	166.271	Central Europe
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	164.330	Eastern Europe
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	163.674	South Asia
35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	162.658	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	162.216	North Africa
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	161.172	East Asia
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	159.222	East Asia
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	158.024	Central Europe
40	Chile`CHL`South America	154.012	South America
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	153.928	Central Europe
42	United States`USA`Northern America	153.773	North America
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	153.495	Central Europe
44	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	151.718	Sub-Saharan Africa
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	151.188	South Asia
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	147.780	Western Europe
47	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	147.631	Middle East
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	143.716	East Asia
49	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	142.140	Sub-Saharan Africa
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	141.946	Central Europe
51	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	141.478	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	140.969	Western Europe
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	139.113	Central Asia
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	137.574	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	135.904	East Asia
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	135.899	Central Asia
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	135.488	Central Europe
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	134.105	South America
59	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	131.631	Western Europe
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	130.256	Eastern Europe
61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	128.121	Western Europe
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	127.222	Western Europe
63	France`FRA`Western Europe	126.984	Western Europe
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	126.973	Sub-Saharan Africa
65	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	126.754	Sub-Saharan Africa
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	126.712	Sub-Saharan Africa
67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	126.535	Western Europe
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	126.534	Central Europe
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	125.373	Central Europe
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	124.489	Western Europe
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	123.787	East Asia
72	Colombia`COL`South America	122.178	South America
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	118.760	South America
74	Bolivia`BOL`South America	117.894	South America
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	115.973	Central Europe
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	115.943	North Africa
77	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	115.928	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	115.341	Western Europe
79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	115.263	Western Europe
80	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	113.313	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	112.024	Central Europe
82	Peru`PER`South America	111.354	South America
83	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	111.203	Western Europe
84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	110.969	Central America and the Caribbean
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	110.893	Sub-Saharan Africa
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	109.308	Central Europe
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	108.332	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	108.267	Oceania
89	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	107.918	East Asia
90	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	107.001	Western Europe
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	104.056	Western Europe
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	103.562	South America
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	102.479	East Asia
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.714	Eastern Europe
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	98.983	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	98.081	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	Canada`CAN`Northern America	96.192	North America
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	95.022	South Asia
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	89.322	South America
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	85.887	Central Europe
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.613	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	85.245	South America
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	82.245	South America
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	81.980	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	81.633	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.536	Oceania
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	80.925	South America
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.796	Central America and the Caribbean
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	79.790	Central Asia
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	78.441	Oceania
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	77.481	East Asia
112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.118	East Asia
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.791	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.605	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	71.094	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	70.739	Central America and the Caribbean
117	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	70.608	East Asia
118	Honduras`HND`Central America	69.950	Central America and the Caribbean
119	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	67.620	Central Asia
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67.305	South Asia
121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	66.842	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.590	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	64.918	South Asia
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	63.635	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.015	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.366	Central America and the Caribbean
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.554	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.252	Western Europe
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	56.054	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.897	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	48.505	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Belize`BLZ`Central America	48.149	Central America and the Caribbean
133	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.235	Central America and the Caribbean
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.545	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.472	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.171	Central America and the Caribbean
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.417	Oceania
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.074	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	39.067	Western Europe
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.589	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.530	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	29.730	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	28.605	Western Europe
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.706	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.287	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.449	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.340	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Eritrea449.684
#2Israel320.743
#3Singapore314.947
#4Syria283.731
#5Bahrain279.653

Lowest

#147Malawi20.340
#146Ghana22.449
#145Gambia26.287
#144Trinidad and Tobago26.706
#143Luxembourg28.605

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 117.894. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −3countries joined / left
144values changed, of 144 in both
53 · 91rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia48.564 → 77.481+28.917
Ethiopia117.127 → 142.140+25.012
DR Congo21.405 → 45.545+24.140
Lesotho87.955 → 108.332+20.376
Eritrea430.932 → 449.684+18.753

Fell most

Zimbabwe179.093 → 137.574−41.519
Croatia197.384 → 166.271−31.113
Bosnia and Herzegovina140.072 → 115.973−24.099
Sudan149.363 → 126.712−22.651
Rwanda120.257 → 98.081−22.176

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Togo

+ Vietnam

− Panama

− Turkmenistan

− Zambia

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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How values are stored

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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) (2003). Global Militarisation Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2003

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions