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Global Militarisation Index, 2008

Figures for 2008, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2008 covers 153 countries. Israel is highest, at 319.452; Luxembourg is lowest, at 25.358. The middle country reads 114.362. Against 2007, 153 values changed (61 up, 92 down), 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2008

HighestIsrael

319.452

LowestLuxembourg

25.358

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, 2008, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 153 countries · select a heading to sort

Global Militarisation Index, 2008: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).
1IsraelISRWestern Asia319.452Middle East
2SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia292.684East Asia
3SyriaSYRWestern Asia246.192Middle East
4OmanOMNWestern Asia245.526Middle East
5JordanJORWestern Asia244.811Middle East
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia238.283Middle East
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe237.309Eastern Europe
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia228.184Middle East
9KuwaitKWTWestern Asia217.633Middle East
10LebanonLBNWestern Asia214.041Middle East
11BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia213.564East Asia
12ArmeniaARMWestern Asia212.873Eastern Europe
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia212.358East Asia
14LibyaLBYNorthern Africa210.238North Africa
15BelarusBLREastern Europe208.544Eastern Europe
16GreeceGRCSouthern Europe204.017Western Europe
17United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia203.029Middle East
18CyprusCYPWestern Asia197.687Western Europe
19AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia194.343Eastern Europe
20GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia192.004Eastern Europe
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa186.584Sub-Saharan Africa
22BulgariaBGREastern Europe186.395Central Europe
23MontenegroMNESouthern Europe185.056Central Europe
24YemenYEMWestern Asia183.619Middle East
25QatarQATWestern Asia175.877Middle East

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1Israel319.452
  2. #2Singapore292.684
  3. #3Syria246.192
  4. #4Oman245.526
  5. #5Jordan244.811

Lowest

  1. #153Luxembourg25.358
  2. #152Cabo Verde26.989
  3. #151Trinidad and Tobago35.974
  4. #150Malta37.277
  5. #149Papua New Guinea37.779

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 114.362. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 153values changed, of 153 in both
  • 61 · 92rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Guinea

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 153 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) (2008). Global Militarisation Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2008

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07Questions

Global Militarisation Index, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Global Militarisation Index in Global Militarisation Index, 2008?

Israel, at 319.452, of the 153 countries in the file.

What year does Global Militarisation Index, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Global Militarisation Index, 2008 cover?

153.

Where can I download Global Militarisation Index, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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