Australia vs Japan
Australia vs Japan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,316 in Australia and $504 in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by $812, or 2.61 times that in Japan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 14 and Japan ranked 44 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,316 | $504 |
| 2024 | $1,288 | $437 |
| 2023 | $1,231 | $386 |
| 2022 | $1,244 | $344 |
| 2021 | $1,267 | $425 |
| 2020 | $1,064 | $406 |
| 2019 | $1,030 | $400 |
| 2018 | $1,077 | $382 |
| 2017 | $1,129 | $354 |
| 2016 | $1,093 | $366 |
| 2015 | $1,012 | $331 |
| 2014 | $1,101 | $368 |
| 2013 | $1,077 | $384 |
| 2012 | $1,157 | $469 |
| 2011 | $1,192 | $474 |
| 2010 | $1,056 | $426 |
| 2009 | $878 | $402 |
| 2008 | $881 | $362 |
| 2007 | $828 | $317 |
| 2006 | $697 | $325 |
| 2005 | $657 | $346 |
| 2004 | $602 | $355 |
| 2003 | $504 | $333 |
| 2002 | $408 | $309 |
| 2001 | $366 | $321 |
| 2000 | $383 | $359 |
| 1999 | $413 | $340 |
| 1998 | $382 | $299 |
| 1997 | $431 | $322 |
| 1996 | $451 | $350 |
| 1995 | $426 | $398 |
| 1994 | $419 | $362 |
| 1993 | $382 | $332 |
| 1992 | $394 | $290 |
| 1991 | $407 | $265 |
| 1990 | $394 | $234 |
| 1989 | $377 | $228 |
| 1988 | $355 | $231 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025