Data for 2009

Global Militarisation Index, 2009

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2009
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2009, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2009 covers 153 countries. Israel is highest, at 315.08; Luxembourg is lowest, at 25.20. The middle country reads 116.96. Against 2008, 152 values changed (82 up, 70 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2009

HighestIsrael

315.08

LowestLuxembourg

25.20

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

153countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2009, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2009: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	315.08	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	288.48	East Asia
3	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	254.00	Middle East
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	247.49	Middle East
5	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	246.20	Middle East
6	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	245.88	Middle East
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	244.84	Eastern Europe
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	236.79	Middle East
9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	226.81	Eastern Europe
10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	221.83	Middle East
11	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	220.51	East Asia
12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	216.22	Middle East
13	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	212.15	Middle East
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	209.89	East Asia
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	206.74	Eastern Europe
16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	206.32	Western Europe
17	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	204.32	North Africa
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	196.32	Western Europe
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	193.16	Middle East
20	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	190.22	Sub-Saharan Africa
21	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	189.43	Central Europe
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	188.21	Eastern Europe
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	187.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	179.43	North Africa
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	173.06	Middle East
26	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	170.58	Sub-Saharan Africa
27	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	169.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	167.79	Eastern Europe
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	166.77	Central Europe
30	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	165.98	Sub-Saharan Africa
31	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	164.77	Middle East
32	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	164.76	Middle East
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	164.70	Eastern Europe
34	United States`USA`Northern America	164.64	North America
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	164.55	Western Europe
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	163.69	Western Europe
37	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	161.77	Sub-Saharan Africa
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	161.48	Central America and the Caribbean
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	160.99	North Africa
40	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	160.10	East Asia
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	157.01	East Asia
42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	156.24	Middle East
43	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	151.03	Sub-Saharan Africa
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	150.13	East Asia
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	148.07	South Asia
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	146.89	Central Europe
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	145.76	South Asia
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	144.74	Central Europe
49	Chile`CHL`South America	142.39	South America
50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	141.04	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	140.36	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	137.14	Central Asia
53	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	136.52	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	136.18	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	134.69	Central Europe
56	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	133.52	Central Europe
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	131.89	Sub-Saharan Africa
58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	129.36	Central Europe
59	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	128.40	Western Europe
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	127.87	Western Europe
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	127.75	South America
62	Colombia`COL`South America	127.37	South America
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	126.90	East Asia
64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	125.72	Central Europe
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	125.70	South America
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	124.52	Central Europe
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	124.26	Western Europe
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	123.90	Western Europe
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	123.85	East Asia
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	123.11	Central Asia
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	121.98	East Asia
72	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	120.14	Western Europe
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	119.64	South America
74	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	118.81	Central Europe
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	118.63	Western Europe
76	Peru`PER`South America	118.06	South America
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	116.96	Sub-Saharan Africa
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	116.05	Western Europe
79	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	114.40	Western Europe
80	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	111.78	Central Europe
81	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	110.53	Oceania
82	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	109.75	Western Europe
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	106.65	North Africa
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	104.56	South Asia
85	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	103.79	Central Europe
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	103.70	Western Europe
87	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103.68	Western Europe
88	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	103.52	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	102.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	102.24	Sub-Saharan Africa
91	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	101.99	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	97.06	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	96.31	East Asia
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	95.04	East Asia
95	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	94.67	South Asia
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	94.46	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	93.68	Central Europe
98	Canada`CAN`Northern America	93.65	North America
99	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	92.51	South Asia
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.31	Eastern Europe
101	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	91.23	Western Europe
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.04	Central America and the Caribbean
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	88.85	South America
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	87.79	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	85.70	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	85.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	84.23	Western Europe
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	82.97	Central Europe
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	82.71	Oceania
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.57	Central America and the Caribbean
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	80.37	South America
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	79.09	Oceania
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	78.80	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	76.33	South America
115	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.63	South America
116	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.61	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	74.02	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.80	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	73.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.26	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	72.17	Central Europe
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.56	Central America and the Caribbean
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.10	East Asia
125	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	69.03	East Asia
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.94	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.74	South Asia
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.33	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	66.68	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.26	South America
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.76	East Asia
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	64.11	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.49	Central America and the Caribbean
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.42	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	62.83	Central Asia
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.09	Sub-Saharan Africa
137	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	58.20	Western Europe
138	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.00	Central America and the Caribbean
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	53.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	51.46	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.32	Central America and the Caribbean
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.12	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.29	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.26	Central America and the Caribbean
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.95	Sub-Saharan Africa
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.05	Sub-Saharan Africa
147	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	42.47	Western Europe
148	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.76	Oceania
149	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.44	Sub-Saharan Africa
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.30	Central America and the Caribbean
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	37.64	Sub-Saharan Africa
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.71	Sub-Saharan Africa
153	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	25.20	Western Europe

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel315.08
#2Singapore288.48
#3Syria254.00
#4Oman247.49
#5Saudi Arabia246.20

Lowest

#153Luxembourg25.20
#152Gambia35.71
#151Cabo Verde37.64
#150Trinidad and Tobago39.30
#149Mauritius39.44

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 116.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
82 · 70rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea106.30 → 136.18+29.88
Chad165.42 → 190.22+24.80
DR Congo49.20 → 70.64+21.44
Guyana59.60 → 80.37+20.77
Timor-Leste81.71 → 96.31+14.60

Fell most

Georgia192.00 → 167.79−24.22
Latvia91.83 → 72.17−19.66
Bulgaria186.39 → 166.77−19.62
Egypt174.01 → 156.24−17.77
Gambia52.57 → 35.71−16.86

+ Cuba

− Myanmar

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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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2009). Global Militarisation Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2009

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