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Military Dimension Index, 1992

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's Military Dimension Index asks how far a country's chief executive owes their position to the armed forces: whether they took office through a coup, a rebellion or appointment by the military, and whether the military could remove them. It runs from 0 to 1; a higher figure means a larger military role, and most countries read exactly 0.

Military Dimension Index, 1992 covers 172 countries. 3 countries share the highest reading, 1.000; 61 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.100. Against 1991, 22 values changed (10 up, 12 down), 1 country joined.

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Military Dimension Index · Data for 1992

Highest3 countries share it

1.000

Lowest61 countries share it

0.000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Military Dimension Index, 1992, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 172 countries · select a heading to sort

Military Dimension Index, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1.000
GhanaGHAWestern Africa1.000
SudanSDNNorthern Africa1.000
BurundiBDIEastern Africa0.917
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa0.917
GuineaGINWestern Africa0.900
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa0.900
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia0.833
PeruPERSouth America0.833
HaitiHTICaribbean0.750
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.750
ChadTCDMiddle Africa0.700
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa0.667
EcuadorECUSouth America0.500
GambiaGMBWestern Africa0.500
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.500
QatarQATWestern Asia0.500
SomalilandXSLEastern Africa0.500
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia0.500
YemenYEMWestern Asia0.500
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.475
GabonGABMiddle Africa0.417
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.417
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia0.400
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa0.400

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Algeriashared1.000
  2. Ghanashared1.000
  3. Sudanshared1.000
  4. Burundishared0.917
  5. Sierra Leoneshared0.917

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Vietnamshared0.000
  3. United Statesshared0.000
  4. Uruguayshared0.000
  5. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.100. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 22values changed, of 171 in both
  • 10 · 12rose · fell
  • 149unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.

  • 34 distinct values among 172

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 61 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 172 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-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Military Dimension Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/military-dimension/1992

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