Ireland vs Japan

Ireland vs Japan: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 0.9% of government spending in Ireland and 3.8% of government spending in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 2.9 percentage points, or 4.11 times that in Ireland.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Ireland vs Japan: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 0.9% of government spending in Ireland and 3.8% of government spending in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 2.9 percentage points, or 4.11 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Ireland.
  • In 2025, Ireland ranked 146 and Japan ranked 109 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearIrelandJapan
20250.93.8
202413.5
202312.9
202212.4
202112.5
202012.3
20191.12.7
20181.12.6
20171.22.5
20161.22.5
20151.22.5
20141.22.5
20131.22.4
20121.22.5
20111.22.5
20100.92.5
20091.32.5
20081.42.7
20071.42.7
20061.52.7
20051.62.7
20041.72.8
20031.82.7
20021.92.7
20012.22.6
20002.32.5
19992.32.6
19982.42.4
19972.62.7
19962.62.6
19952.52.7
19942.62.8
19932.62.8
19922.63
19912.83.1
19902.83.1
19892.63.1
19882.53
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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