Data for 2010

Global Militarisation Index, 2010

Name: Global Militarisation Index, 2010
Creator: Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-militarization-index

Figures for 2010, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2010 covers 153 countries. Israel is highest, at 311.822; Luxembourg is lowest, at 27.190. The middle country reads 114.819. Against 2009, 153 values changed (41 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2010

HighestIsrael

311.822

LowestLuxembourg

27.190

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

153countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2010: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	311.822	Middle East
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	273.157	East Asia
3	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	250.613	Middle East
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	241.330	Eastern Europe
5	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	240.303	Middle East
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	239.423	Middle East
7	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	239.409	Middle East
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	231.461	Middle East
9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	230.645	Eastern Europe
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	221.146	East Asia
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	216.056	Middle East
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	215.454	Middle East
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	214.555	Middle East
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	205.370	East Asia
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	203.526	North Africa
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	195.479	Western Europe
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	195.272	Western Europe
18	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	188.641	Central Europe
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	187.935	Eastern Europe
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	186.909	Sub-Saharan Africa
21	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	185.329	Middle East
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	180.005	Eastern Europe
23	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	176.389	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	175.130	North Africa
25	United States`USA`Northern America	172.731	North America
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	172.352	Sub-Saharan Africa
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	166.059	Sub-Saharan Africa
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	163.283	Eastern Europe
29	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	162.397	Sub-Saharan Africa
30	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	162.042	Sub-Saharan Africa
31	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	161.730	Central America and the Caribbean
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	161.391	North Africa
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	161.135	Western Europe
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	160.718	East Asia
35	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	160.624	Middle East
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	159.664	Middle East
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	159.471	Eastern Europe
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	158.155	Central Europe
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	156.867	Western Europe
40	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	156.368	Sub-Saharan Africa
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	154.408	Middle East
42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	153.644	East Asia
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	151.581	Middle East
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	151.389	East Asia
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	146.166	South Asia
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	143.453	South Asia
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	142.376	Central Europe
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	141.970	South America
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	140.156	Central Europe
50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	138.817	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	Chile`CHL`South America	136.379	South America
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	135.981	Central Asia
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	134.751	Central Europe
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	133.630	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	133.621	Central Europe
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	130.818	Sub-Saharan Africa
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	130.190	Central Europe
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	129.787	South America
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	128.242	Western Europe
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	128.191	Western Europe
61	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	127.695	Sub-Saharan Africa
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	124.892	East Asia
63	Colombia`COL`South America	124.167	South America
64	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	124.160	Central Europe
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	122.646	Central Asia
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	122.019	Central Europe
67	France`FRA`Western Europe	120.691	Western Europe
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	120.496	Central Europe
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	118.371	East Asia
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	117.577	Western Europe
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	117.408	Sub-Saharan Africa
72	Peru`PER`South America	117.350	South America
73	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	117.189	Western Europe
74	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	115.828	Western Europe
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	115.484	Western Europe
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	115.055	South America
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	114.819	East Asia
78	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	111.621	Sub-Saharan Africa
79	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	111.504	Sub-Saharan Africa
80	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	111.422	South Asia
81	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	109.418	Central Europe
82	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	108.651	Sub-Saharan Africa
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	108.060	Western Europe
84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	107.748	Western Europe
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	105.353	Oceania
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	104.654	Western Europe
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	103.938	North Africa
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	101.592	South Asia
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	101.443	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	100.660	Central Europe
91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.274	Western Europe
92	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	99.366	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.628	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	95.438	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	93.773	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	93.312	Central Europe
97	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90.420	North America
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.383	Central America and the Caribbean
99	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	88.208	Western Europe
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	87.826	East Asia
101	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.098	Eastern Europe
102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.146	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	83.640	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	83.418	South America
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	83.372	Central Europe
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	82.265	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	81.463	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.173	Western Europe
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	79.322	Oceania
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	79.216	Central America and the Caribbean
111	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.071	Sub-Saharan Africa
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	78.941	Oceania
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	77.128	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.390	South America
115	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.852	South America
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	73.653	East Asia
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	73.461	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.523	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.637	South Asia
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.069	Central America and the Caribbean
121	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	70.723	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.634	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.868	East Asia
124	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.491	South America
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.905	East Asia
126	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.517	South America
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.405	Central Europe
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.681	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	64.053	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	64.008	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	63.110	South Asia
132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	62.205	Central Asia
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.297	East Asia
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	57.851	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	57.555	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	57.231	Western Europe
137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	56.052	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.310	Central America and the Caribbean
139	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.156	Central America and the Caribbean
140	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.693	Central America and the Caribbean
141	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.128	Sub-Saharan Africa
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.528	Sub-Saharan Africa
143	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.279	Central America and the Caribbean
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	45.199	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.982	Central America and the Caribbean
146	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.787	Western Europe
147	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.795	Sub-Saharan Africa
148	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.448	Sub-Saharan Africa
149	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.227	Central America and the Caribbean
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.226	Oceania
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.009	Sub-Saharan Africa
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.899	Sub-Saharan Africa
153	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27.190	Western Europe

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Israel311.822
#2Singapore273.157
#3Syria250.613
#4Russia241.330
#5Oman240.303

Lowest

#153Luxembourg27.190
#152Gambia35.899
#151Cabo Verde36.009
#150Papua New Guinea36.226
#149Trinidad and Tobago36.227

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 114.819. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 153 in both
41 · 112rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho68.943 → 95.438+26.495
Uganda94.464 → 111.621+17.158
Afghanistan94.668 → 111.422+16.755
Central African Republic97.058 → 111.504+14.446
Bolivia127.754 → 141.970+14.216

Fell most

Zimbabwe131.894 → 93.773−38.120
Nepal92.512 → 63.110−29.402
Timor-Leste96.313 → 73.653−22.660
Belarus206.736 → 187.935−18.801
Singapore288.478 → 273.157−15.321

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.

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

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Cite this edition

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2010). Global Militarisation Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2010

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions