Military expenditure as a share of gdp reached 1.20% in 2023 in Japan, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 11.0% more than in the previous year.
Historically, military expenditure as a share of GDP in Japan reached an all time high of 2.19% in 1954 and an all time low of 0.773% in 1969.
Japan has been ranked 101st within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure as a share of GDP.
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