Italy vs Japan
Italy vs Japan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $45.4B in Italy and $59.5B in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by $14.1B, or 1.31 times that in Italy.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 12 and Japan ranked 10 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45.4B | $59.5B |
| 2024 | $37.9B | $54.3B |
| 2023 | $35.9B | $45.9B |
| 2022 | $37B | $39.8B |
| 2021 | $37B | $42.3B |
| 2020 | $35.3B | $39.3B |
| 2019 | $28.6B | $39.7B |
| 2018 | $30B | $38.6B |
| 2017 | $29B | $36.7B |
| 2016 | $28.9B | $37B |
| 2015 | $25.7B | $37.2B |
| 2014 | $26.8B | $36.6B |
| 2013 | $29.6B | $36.2B |
| 2012 | $30.8B | $36.3B |
| 2011 | $33.3B | $36.8B |
| 2010 | $34B | $36.3B |
| 2009 | $35B | $36.1B |
| 2008 | $36.2B | $35.5B |
| 2007 | $34.7B | $35.8B |
| 2006 | $35.8B | $36.3B |
| 2005 | $37B | $36.8B |
| 2004 | $38.4B | $36.8B |
| 2003 | $38.3B | $37B |
| 2002 | $38B | $36.9B |
| 2001 | $37B | $36.7B |
| 2000 | $37.6B | $36.1B |
| 1999 | $35.2B | $35.9B |
| 1998 | $33.9B | $36.1B |
| 1997 | $32.8B | $36.1B |
| 1996 | $31.3B | $35.8B |
| 1995 | $28.4B | $35.1B |
| 1994 | $31.1B | $34.6B |
| 1993 | $31.9B | $34.6B |
| 1992 | $31.7B | $34.7B |
| 1991 | $32.7B | $34.2B |
| 1990 | $32.2B | $33.4B |
| 1989 | $33.5B | $31.8B |
| 1988 | $33.2B | $30.5B |
| 1987 | $31.3B | $29B |
| 1986 | $28.7B | $27.9B |
| 1985 | $26.9B | $26.7B |
| 1984 | $27.2B | $25.3B |
| 1983 | $26.4B | $24.2B |
| 1982 | $25.9B | $23.1B |
| 1981 | $23.2B | $22.3B |
| 1980 | $22B | $21.6B |
| 1979 | $22.6B | $21.2B |
| 1978 | $21.2B | $20B |
| 1977 | $20.4B | $18.9B |
| 1976 | $19B | $18.3B |
| 1975 | $19.1B | $18.2B |
| 1974 | $20.5B | $17.5B |
| 1973 | $20.5B | $17B |
| 1972 | $20.6B | $16.2B |
| 1971 | $18.5B | $14.5B |
| 1970 | $16.5B | $13.1B |
| 1969 | $15.6B | $12B |
| 1968 | $15.8B | $11B |
| 1967 | $15.6B | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $15.9B | $9.64B |
| 1965 | $14.8B | $8.92B |
| 1964 | $14.3B | $8.31B |
| 1963 | $14B | $7.57B |
| 1962 | $12.5B | $6.97B |
| 1961 | $11.3B | $6.81B |
| 1960 | $11B | $7B |
| 1959 | $10.5B | $6.99B |
| 1958 | $10.2B | $7B |
| 1957 | $9.9B | $6.85B |
| 1956 | $9.59B | $7.16B |
| 1955 | $9.32B | $7.66B |
| 1954 | $9.46B | $7.38B |
| 1953 | $8.63B | $6.55B |
| 1952 | $9.49B | $6.3B |
| 1951 | $8.48B | – |
| 1950 | $7.49B | – |
| 1949 | $6.34B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025