Data for 2005

Global Militarisation Index, 2005

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2005
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2005, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2005 covers 152 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 432.375; Gambia is lowest, at 27.527. The middle country reads 113.939. Against 2004, 151 values changed (49 up, 102 down), 1 country joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2005

HighestEritrea

432.375

LowestGambia

27.527

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

152countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2005, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2005: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	432.375	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	315.189	Middle East
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	313.960	East Asia
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	270.206	Middle East
5	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	267.568	Middle East
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	253.865	Middle East
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	251.407	Middle East
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	250.849	Middle East
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	243.112	Middle East
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	239.200	Eastern Europe
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	230.973	Middle East
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	227.827	East Asia
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	225.958	Middle East
14	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	217.091	North Africa
15	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	212.230	Eastern Europe
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	211.976	East Asia
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	209.853	Western Europe
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	207.906	Western Europe
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	207.675	Eastern Europe
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	202.602	Central Europe
21	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	199.704	Middle East
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	194.704	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	192.353	Middle East
24	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	189.048	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	182.962	Middle East
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	182.092	Eastern Europe
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	176.904	Eastern Europe
28	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	176.290	North Africa
29	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	175.998	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	169.998	Sub-Saharan Africa
31	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	169.520	East Asia
32	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	167.354	Western Europe
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	165.342	North Africa
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	164.849	Central Europe
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	163.700	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	163.127	Western Europe
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	160.816	Central Europe
38	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	159.314	Middle East
39	United States`USA`Northern America	157.955	North America
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	157.743	Central Europe
41	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	157.362	Sub-Saharan Africa
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	156.933	South Asia
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	154.542	East Asia
44	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	154.426	Sub-Saharan Africa
45	Chile`CHL`South America	154.361	South America
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	154.244	Central Europe
47	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	150.041	East Asia
48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	146.005	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	145.244	Western Europe
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	144.986	Western Europe
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	144.624	Eastern Europe
52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	139.707	Central Europe
53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	138.267	East Asia
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	137.005	South Asia
55	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	136.369	Sub-Saharan Africa
56	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	133.879	Central Asia
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	133.041	South America
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	132.334	East Asia
59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	131.030	Sub-Saharan Africa
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	130.707	Western Europe
61	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	130.333	Central Europe
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	129.949	Central Asia
63	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	129.229	Central Europe
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	127.667	Western Europe
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	127.032	Western Europe
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	125.566	Central Europe
67	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	124.699	Sub-Saharan Africa
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	124.646	Western Europe
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	123.067	Central Europe
70	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	119.956	East Asia
71	Colombia`COL`South America	118.834	South America
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	118.554	Sub-Saharan Africa
73	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	117.997	Western Europe
74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	117.363	East Asia
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	116.689	South America
76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	114.218	Western Europe
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	113.661	Western Europe
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	113.418	North Africa
79	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	112.446	Central Europe
80	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	111.708	Sub-Saharan Africa
81	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	111.129	Western Europe
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	108.106	South America
83	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	108.063	Western Europe
84	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	107.861	Western Europe
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	107.697	South America
86	Peru`PER`South America	107.605	South America
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	106.758	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	106.700	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	104.530	Oceania
90	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	104.203	Central Europe
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	103.630	Central America and the Caribbean
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	102.367	South Asia
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	100.363	East Asia
94	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.969	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.639	Eastern Europe
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	97.860	South Asia
97	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	95.833	Sub-Saharan Africa
98	Canada`CAN`Northern America	92.625	North America
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	91.917	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	90.853	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	90.761	Western Europe
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	86.658	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	85.797	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	84.929	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	84.084	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	83.965	South America
107	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	83.494	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	83.073	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.070	Middle East
110	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	81.043	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	80.307	Central Asia
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	79.950	Oceania
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	79.827	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.196	South America
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	77.115	Sub-Saharan Africa
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	76.834	South America
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.317	Central America and the Caribbean
118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	75.448	Central Europe
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	74.058	East Asia
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.751	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	73.641	Oceania
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.901	South America
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	71.960	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.496	East Asia
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71.001	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.889	Central Asia
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.435	East Asia
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	69.431	South Asia
129	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.864	East Asia
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.620	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.007	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	65.821	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.922	South Asia
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	63.317	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.430	Central America and the Caribbean
136	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	61.180	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	60.638	Central America and the Caribbean
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.300	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.624	Western Europe
140	Belize`BLZ`Central America	50.036	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.717	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.483	Central America and the Caribbean
143	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	44.377	Western Europe
144	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.841	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.132	Oceania
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.185	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.861	Central America and the Caribbean
148	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	32.711	Western Europe
149	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	31.672	Central America and the Caribbean
150	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	29.851	Sub-Saharan Africa
151	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.596	Sub-Saharan Africa
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.527	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Eritrea432.375
#2Israel315.189
#3Singapore313.960
#4Syria270.206
#5Oman267.568

Lowest

#152Gambia27.527
#151Ghana28.596
#150Cabo Verde29.851
#149Jamaica31.672
#148Luxembourg32.711

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 113.939. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 151 in both
49 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina96.335 → 164.849+68.514
Venezuela91.251 → 107.697+16.446
Armenia196.879 → 212.230+15.352
Ukraine167.313 → 182.092+14.779
Malawi56.657 → 67.620+10.963

Fell most

Guyana112.894 → 83.965−28.929
Sudan184.210 → 157.362−26.848
Rwanda101.632 → 79.827−21.805
Finland184.037 → 163.127−20.910
Republic of the Congo149.876 → 131.030−18.846

+ Timor-Leste

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.

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05The files

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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2005). Global Militarisation Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2005

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Other years

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Global Militarisation Index, 2004
151 countries
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154 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

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