Iran vs Japan

Iran vs Japan: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.09% of GDP in Iran and 1.41% of GDP in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.68 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Japan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Iran vs Japan: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.09% of GDP in Iran and 1.41% of GDP in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.68 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 54 and Japan ranked 88 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIranJapan
20252.091.41
20242.221.3
20232.491.1
20222.240.97
20212.321.03
20202.180.99
20192.150.97
20182.360.94
20172.840.89
20162.80.91
20152.560.93
20142.120.94
20132.180.93
20122.690.95
20112.380.97
20102.790.94
20093.050.96
20082.680.9
20072.650.88
20063.320.89
20053.040.91
20042.840.92
20032.410.93
20022.180.93
20012.420.92
20002.30.9
19992.410.92
19982.630.91
19972.50.89
19962.250.88
19952.150.89
19942.070.89
19931.70.95
19921.790.95
19912.170.94
19902.940.94
19894.560.94
19886.270.95
19875.890.97
19866.080.96
19856.510.96
19846.360.96
19837.10.95
19827.910.93
19818.190.92
19805.340.91
19795.80.91
197811.110.89
197710.190.89
197611.250.89
197512.070.91
19748.750.86
19731.870.82
19722.280.84
19713.050.82
19705.860.77
19695.970.77
19685.180.79
19674.460.84
19663.820.88
19653.250.9
19642.880.88
19632.590.9
19622.310.88
19612.350.92
19602.31.08
1959–1.26
1958–1.43
1957–1.5
1956–1.75
1955–2.1
1954–2.19
1953–2.03
1952–2.07
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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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