World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Japan

Most recent: 1.3714 (2024)
Earliest: 1.08059 (1960)
Highest: 1.3714 (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	1.3714
2023	1.13955
2022	1.00994
2021	1.06384
2020	1.01676
2019	0.992231
2018	0.962497
2017	0.913229
2016	0.929517
2015	0.947284
2014	0.957801
2013	0.940539
2012	0.956762
2011	0.974824
2010	0.949033
2009	0.97297
2008	0.907855
2007	0.884987
2006	0.902988
2005	0.916917
2004	0.926604
2003	0.940047
2002	0.940358
2001	0.931673
2000	0.915986
1999	0.93018
1998	0.923513
1997	0.904515
1996	0.894649
1995	0.90093
1994	0.905931
1993	0.950664
1992	0.948312
1991	0.940822
1990	0.941792
1989	0.940781
1988	0.949709
1987	0.965511
1986	0.962811
1985	0.959398
1984	0.958404
1983	0.952297
1982	0.926376
1981	0.916648
1980	0.906794
1979	0.907392
1978	0.891286
1977	0.890681
1976	0.891651
1975	0.907387
1974	0.862068
1973	0.815014
1972	0.842475
1971	0.824119
1970	0.77323
1969	0.772551
1968	0.793867
1967	0.83623
1966	0.879421
1965	0.899714
1964	0.875046
1963	0.902912
1962	0.882982
1961	0.91666
1960	1.08059

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