Germany vs Japan: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.27% of GDP in Germany and 1.41% of GDP in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.86 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Japan.
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Watch it change on the mapChange since 2010, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2.27 2025 | 1.12 | 46 of 151 |
| Japan | 1.41 2025 | 0.93 | 88 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
- In 2025, Germany ranked 46 and Japan ranked 88 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.27 | 1.41 |
| 2024 | 1.84 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 1.34 | 0.97 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 1.03 |
| 2020 | 1.36 | 0.99 |
| 2019 | 1.24 | 0.97 |
| 2018 | 1.15 | 0.94 |
| 2017 | 1.13 | 0.89 |
| 2016 | 1.13 | 0.91 |
| 2015 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| 2014 | 1.13 | 0.94 |
| 2013 | 1.16 | 0.93 |
| 2012 | 1.22 | 0.95 |
| 2011 | 1.18 | 0.97 |
| 2010 | 1.24 | 0.94 |
| 2009 | 1.29 | 0.96 |
| 2008 | 1.19 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 1.15 | 0.88 |
| 2006 | 1.18 | 0.89 |
| 2005 | 1.23 | 0.91 |
| 2004 | 1.25 | 0.92 |
| 2003 | 1.3 | 0.93 |
| 2002 | 1.31 | 0.93 |
| 2001 | 1.31 | 0.92 |
| 2000 | 1.34 | 0.9 |
| 1999 | 1.38 | 0.92 |
| 1998 | 1.38 | 0.91 |
| 1997 | 1.4 | 0.89 |
| 1996 | 1.46 | 0.88 |
| 1995 | 1.49 | 0.89 |
| 1994 | 1.54 | 0.89 |
| 1993 | 1.68 | 0.95 |
| 1992 | 1.84 | 0.95 |
| 1991 | 1.97 | 0.94 |
| 1990 | – | 0.94 |
| 1989 | – | 0.94 |
| 1988 | – | 0.95 |
| 1987 | – | 0.97 |
| 1986 | – | 0.96 |
| 1985 | – | 0.96 |
| 1984 | – | 0.96 |
| 1983 | – | 0.95 |
| 1982 | – | 0.93 |
| 1981 | – | 0.92 |
| 1980 | – | 0.91 |
| 1979 | – | 0.91 |
| 1978 | – | 0.89 |
| 1977 | – | 0.89 |
| 1976 | – | 0.89 |
| 1975 | – | 0.91 |
| 1974 | – | 0.86 |
| 1973 | – | 0.82 |
| 1972 | – | 0.84 |
| 1971 | – | 0.82 |
| 1970 | – | 0.77 |
| 1969 | – | 0.77 |
| 1968 | – | 0.79 |
| 1967 | – | 0.84 |
| 1966 | – | 0.88 |
| 1965 | – | 0.9 |
| 1964 | – | 0.88 |
| 1963 | – | 0.9 |
| 1962 | – | 0.88 |
| 1961 | – | 0.92 |
| 1960 | – | 1.08 |
| 1959 | – | 1.26 |
| 1958 | – | 1.43 |
| 1957 | – | 1.5 |
| 1956 | – | 1.75 |
| 1955 | – | 2.1 |
| 1954 | – | 2.19 |
| 1953 | – | 2.03 |
| 1952 | – | 2.07 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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.
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