World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Japan

Most recent: 1.371 (2024)
Earliest: 1.081 (1960)
Highest: 1.371 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Japan at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	1.371
2023	1.14
2022	1.01
2021	1.064
2020	1.017
2019	0.9922
2018	0.9625
2017	0.9132
2016	0.9295
2015	0.9473
2014	0.9578
2013	0.9405
2012	0.9568
2011	0.9748
2010	0.949
2009	0.973
2008	0.9079
2007	0.885
2006	0.903
2005	0.9169
2004	0.9266
2003	0.94
2002	0.9404
2001	0.9317
2000	0.916
1999	0.9302
1998	0.9235
1997	0.9045
1996	0.8946
1995	0.9009
1994	0.9059
1993	0.9507
1992	0.9483
1991	0.9408
1990	0.9418
1989	0.9408
1988	0.9497
1987	0.9655
1986	0.9628
1985	0.9594
1984	0.9584
1983	0.9523
1982	0.9264
1981	0.9166
1980	0.9068
1979	0.9074
1978	0.8913
1977	0.8907
1976	0.8917
1975	0.9074
1974	0.8621
1973	0.815
1972	0.8425
1971	0.8241
1970	0.7732
1969	0.7726
1968	0.7939
1967	0.8362
1966	0.8794
1965	0.8997
1964	0.875
1963	0.9029
1962	0.883
1961	0.9167
1960	1.081

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