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Global Militarisation Index, 2006

Figures for 2006, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2006 covers 154 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 428.850; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 18.110. The middle country reads 116.505. Against 2005, 152 values changed (47 up, 105 down), 2 countries joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2006

HighestEritrea

428.850

LowestPapua New Guinea

18.110

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, 2006, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 154 countries · select a heading to sort

Global Militarisation Index, 2006: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).
1EritreaERIEastern Africa428.850Sub-Saharan Africa
2IsraelISRWestern Asia312.241Middle East
3SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia306.377East Asia
4OmanOMNWestern Asia264.266Middle East
5SyriaSYRWestern Asia264.077Middle East
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia251.781Middle East
7BahrainBHRWestern Asia250.126Middle East
8JordanJORWestern Asia238.175Middle East
9RussiaRUSEastern Europe238.023Eastern Europe
10KuwaitKWTWestern Asia232.555Middle East
11BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia228.083East Asia
12LebanonLBNWestern Asia224.223Middle East
13United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia219.128Middle East
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia215.048East Asia
15BelarusBLREastern Europe213.072Eastern Europe
16ArmeniaARMWestern Asia212.778Eastern Europe
17MontenegroMNESouthern Europe206.812Central Europe
18LibyaLBYNorthern Africa206.686North Africa
19CyprusCYPWestern Asia206.540Western Europe
20BulgariaBGREastern Europe200.657Central Europe
21GreeceGRCSouthern Europe199.324Western Europe
22AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia195.934Eastern Europe
23AngolaAGOMiddle Africa195.205Sub-Saharan Africa
24QatarQATWestern Asia186.839Middle East
25SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe186.366Central Europe

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1Eritrea428.850
  2. #2Israel312.241
  3. #3Singapore306.377
  4. #4Oman264.266
  5. #5Syria264.077

Lowest

  1. #154Papua New Guinea18.110
  2. #153Cabo Verde26.724
  3. #152Gambia27.885
  4. #151Luxembourg30.784
  5. #150Ghana33.759

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 116.505. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 152 in both
  • 47 · 105rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro+ Serbia

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 154 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) (2006). Global Militarisation Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2006

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07Questions

Global Militarisation Index, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Global Militarisation Index in Global Militarisation Index, 2006?

Eritrea, at 428.850, of the 154 countries in the file.

What year does Global Militarisation Index, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Global Militarisation Index, 2006 cover?

154.

Where can I download Global Militarisation Index, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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