Data for 2004

Global Militarisation Index, 2004

Figures for 2004, as BICC published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Militarisation Index, 2004 covers 151 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 440.856; Gambia is lowest, at 24.426. The middle country reads 113.641. Against 2003, 147 values changed (69 up, 78 down), 4 countries joined.

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Global Militarisation Index · Data for 2004

HighestEritrea

440.856

LowestGambia

24.426

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

151countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
151distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01BICC’s rank

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Every country and every column of Global Militarisation Index, 2004, as published. The rank is BICC’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Militarisation Index, 2004: every country, as published by Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC).

1	EritreaERIEastern Africa	440.856	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	IsraelISRWestern Asia	320.461	Middle East
3	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	318.880	East Asia
4	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	274.958	Middle East
5	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	270.571	Middle East
6	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	264.773	Middle East
7	OmanOMNWestern Asia	263.619	Middle East
8	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	252.379	Middle East
9	JordanJORWestern Asia	247.993	Middle East
10	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	243.587	Middle East
11	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	239.778	Eastern Europe
12	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	228.718	East Asia
13	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	227.288	Middle East
14	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	224.936	North Africa
15	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	211.385	East Asia
16	QatarQATWestern Asia	209.927	Middle East
17	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	209.075	Western Europe
18	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	208.132	Western Europe
19	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	204.619	Central Europe
20	BelarusBLREastern Europe	204.390	Eastern Europe
21	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	202.781	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	YemenYEMWestern Asia	197.405	Middle East
23	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	196.879	Eastern Europe
24	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	187.702	Sub-Saharan Africa
25	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	184.979	Middle East
26	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	184.210	Sub-Saharan Africa
27	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	184.037	Western Europe
28	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	182.415	Sub-Saharan Africa
29	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	179.582	North Africa
30	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	177.911	East Asia
31	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	177.075	Eastern Europe
32	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	176.216	Sub-Saharan Africa
33	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	171.410	Western Europe
34	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	169.821	North Africa
35	UkraineUKREastern Europe	167.313	Eastern Europe
36	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	164.401	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	IranIRNSouthern Asia	163.040	Middle East
38	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	162.552	South Asia
39	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	160.616	Central Europe
40	United StatesUSANorthern America	158.958	North America
41	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	157.487	Central Europe
42	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	157.046	East Asia
43	ChileCHLSouth America	156.788	South America
44	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	156.386	East Asia
45	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	154.531	Central Europe
46	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	150.565	Western Europe
47	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	149.876	Sub-Saharan Africa
48	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	149.657	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	149.080	South Asia
50	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	144.527	Sub-Saharan Africa
51	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	142.824	Sub-Saharan Africa
52	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	142.263	Western Europe
53	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	141.969	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	141.835	Central Europe
55	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	140.642	East Asia
56	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	139.228	Central Europe
57	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	137.398	Central Asia
58	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	137.185	Eastern Europe
59	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	135.695	Central Asia
60	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	135.496	Central Europe
61	UruguayURYSouth America	133.028	South America
62	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	132.346	East Asia
63	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	131.125	East Asia
64	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	130.002	Western Europe
65	FranceFRAWestern Europe	128.381	Western Europe
66	PolandPOLEastern Europe	128.367	Central Europe
67	ItalyITASouthern Europe	127.997	Western Europe
68	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	127.171	Western Europe
69	GabonGABMiddle Africa	126.461	Sub-Saharan Africa
70	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	125.751	Western Europe
71	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	123.519	Central Europe
72	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	121.588	East Asia
73	ColombiaCOLSouth America	121.228	South America
74	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	116.587	Western Europe
75	SpainESPSouthern Europe	115.282	Western Europe
76	BoliviaBOLSouth America	113.641	South America
77	GuyanaGUYSouth America	112.894	South America
78	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	112.823	Central Europe
79	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	112.111	Western Europe
80	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	111.924	Western Europe
81	PeruPERSouth America	111.735	South America
82	EcuadorECUSouth America	110.894	South America
83	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	110.598	North Africa
84	GuineaGINWestern Africa	109.743	Sub-Saharan Africa
85	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	109.545	Western Europe
86	TogoTGOWestern Africa	107.415	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	NicaraguaNICCentral America	107.262	Central America and the Caribbean
88	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	107.148	Central Europe
89	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	106.162	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	104.741	Oceania
91	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	103.448	Western Europe
92	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	101.681	Sub-Saharan Africa
93	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	101.632	Sub-Saharan Africa
94	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	101.589	Sub-Saharan Africa
95	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	101.381	East Asia
96	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	97.347	South Asia
97	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	96.335	Central Europe
98	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	96.223	Sub-Saharan Africa
99	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	95.199	South Asia
100	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	94.554	Sub-Saharan Africa
101	CanadaCANNorthern America	92.206	North America
102	IraqIRQWestern Asia	91.805	Middle East
103	VenezuelaVENSouth America	91.251	South America
104	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	90.832	Eastern Europe
105	MaliMLIWestern Africa	88.113	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	87.479	South Asia
107	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	87.130	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	86.725	Sub-Saharan Africa
109	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	84.954	Central Europe
110	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	82.992	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	81.587	East Asia
112	BrazilBRASouth America	81.466	South America
113	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	80.918	Sub-Saharan Africa
114	KenyaKENEastern Africa	80.520	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	79.563	Central Asia
116	FijiFJIMelanesia	79.557	Oceania
117	SenegalSENWestern Africa	79.317	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	ParaguayPRYSouth America	77.924	South America
119	ArgentinaARGSouth America	77.308	South America
120	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	76.348	Central America and the Caribbean
121	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	75.672	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	75.032	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	NigerNERWestern Africa	73.768	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	73.291	East Asia
125	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	72.601	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	71.833	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	71.830	Central Asia
128	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	71.403	Oceania
129	JapanJPNEastern Asia	69.616	East Asia
130	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	68.102	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	67.051	South Asia
132	BeninBENWestern Africa	65.946	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	65.354	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	HondurasHNDCentral America	61.567	Central America and the Caribbean
135	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	60.075	Central America and the Caribbean
136	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	59.010	Central America and the Caribbean
137	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	57.827	Western Europe
138	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	56.657	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	55.375	Sub-Saharan Africa
140	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	53.261	Sub-Saharan Africa
141	BelizeBLZCentral America	48.789	Central America and the Caribbean
142	MexicoMEXCentral America	44.228	Central America and the Caribbean
143	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	40.864	Oceania
144	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	40.781	Sub-Saharan Africa
145	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	40.054	Western Europe
146	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	35.720	Central America and the Caribbean
147	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	31.783	Central America and the Caribbean
148	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	30.101	Sub-Saharan Africa
149	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	29.194	Sub-Saharan Africa
150	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	28.513	Western Europe
151	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	24.426	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Eritrea440.856
#2Israel320.461
#3Singapore318.880
#4Syria274.958
#5Bahrain270.571

Lowest

#151Gambia24.426
#150Luxembourg28.513
#149Cabo Verde29.194
#148Ghana30.101
#147Jamaica31.783

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 113.641. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 147 in both
69 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sudan126.712 → 184.210+57.499
Malawi20.340 → 56.657+36.317
Niger39.074 → 73.768+34.695
Togo75.605 → 107.415+31.809
Nepal64.918 → 95.199+30.281

Fell most

Lesotho108.332 → 87.130−21.201
Brunei248.766 → 228.718−20.048
Bosnia and Herzegovina115.973 → 96.335−19.638
Qatar225.756 → 209.927−15.829
Switzerland131.631 → 116.587−15.044

+ Afghanistan

+ Iraq

+ Liberia

+ Zambia

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.

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Which end is better
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Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) (2004). Global Militarisation Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/militarisation/2004

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