Italy vs Japan
Italy vs Japan: National power
National power in 2022: 0.96% of world capability in Italy and 2.47% of world capability in Japan, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.51 percentage points, or 2.56 times that in Italy.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 1936, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2022, Italy ranked 22 and Japan ranked 5 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Italy | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.96 | 2.47 |
| 2021 | 1.04 | 2.58 |
| 2020 | 0.98 | 2.54 |
| 2019 | 1.01 | 2.72 |
| 2018 | 1.07 | 2.83 |
| 2017 | 1.06 | 2.98 |
| 2016 | 1.14 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | 1.13 | 3.26 |
| 2014 | 1.14 | 3.36 |
| 2013 | 1.19 | 3.55 |
| 2012 | 1.28 | 3.55 |
| 2011 | 1.36 | 3.61 |
| 2010 | 1.38 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | 1.46 | 3.6 |
| 2008 | 1.53 | 3.93 |
| 2007 | 1.69 | 3.99 |
| 2006 | 1.72 | 4.14 |
| 2005 | 1.78 | 4.33 |
| 2004 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 1.82 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | 1.81 | 4.86 |
| 2001 | 1.69 | 4.71 |
| 2000 | 1.71 | 4.99 |
| 1999 | 1.88 | 4.82 |
| 1998 | 1.96 | 4.85 |
| 1997 | 1.91 | 5.11 |
| 1996 | 1.92 | 5.21 |
| 1995 | 1.93 | 5.43 |
| 1994 | 1.86 | 5.44 |
| 1993 | 2.01 | 5.48 |
| 1992 | 1.99 | 5.42 |
| 1991 | 1.93 | 5.44 |
| 1990 | 1.87 | 5.08 |
| 1989 | 1.86 | 5.16 |
| 1988 | 1.75 | 4.98 |
| 1987 | 1.74 | 4.91 |
| 1986 | 1.74 | 4.98 |
| 1985 | 1.74 | 5.06 |
| 1984 | 1.79 | 5.11 |
| 1983 | 1.79 | 5.06 |
| 1982 | 1.91 | 5.24 |
| 1981 | 1.89 | 5.15 |
| 1980 | 2 | 5.36 |
| 1979 | 1.96 | 5.39 |
| 1978 | 1.98 | 5.24 |
| 1977 | 1.98 | 5.4 |
| 1976 | 1.97 | 5.53 |
| 1975 | 1.99 | 5.57 |
| 1974 | 2.11 | 5.75 |
| 1973 | 2.13 | 5.88 |
| 1972 | 2.14 | 5.41 |
| 1971 | 2.06 | 5.37 |
| 1970 | 2.04 | 5.4 |
| 1969 | 2.05 | 5.18 |
| 1968 | 2.12 | 4.88 |
| 1967 | 2.13 | 4.81 |
| 1966 | 2.09 | 4.32 |
| 1965 | 2.11 | 4.11 |
| 1964 | 2.06 | 4.16 |
| 1963 | 2.05 | 3.96 |
| 1962 | 2 | 3.84 |
| 1961 | 2 | 3.93 |
| 1960 | 1.82 | 3.63 |
| 1959 | 1.78 | 3.47 |
| 1958 | 1.82 | 3.33 |
| 1957 | 1.82 | 3.29 |
| 1956 | 1.78 | 3.15 |
| 1955 | 1.76 | 3 |
| 1954 | 1.82 | 3.11 |
| 1953 | 1.73 | 3.02 |
| 1952 | 1.77 | 2.95 |
| 1951 | 1.81 | – |
| 1950 | 1.75 | – |
| 1949 | 1.86 | – |
| 1948 | 1.93 | – |
| 1947 | 1.82 | – |
| 1946 | 1.83 | – |
| 1945 | 1.28 | 5.29 |
| 1944 | 1.4 | 6.71 |
| 1943 | 2.19 | 6.02 |
| 1942 | 3.52 | 6.14 |
| 1941 | 2.01 | 6.66 |
| 1940 | 2.95 | 5.07 |
| 1939 | 2.7 | 5.91 |
| 1938 | 3.19 | 5.91 |
| 1937 | 3.87 | 5.34 |
| 1936 | 3.93 | 4.63 |
| 1935 | 5.12 | 4.68 |
| 1934 | 3.51 | 4.93 |
| 1933 | 3.72 | 4.92 |
| 1932 | 3.67 | 4.89 |
| 1931 | 3.29 | 4.11 |
| 1930 | 3.21 | 3.99 |
| 1929 | 3.21 | 3.97 |
| 1928 | 3.25 | 3.97 |
| 1927 | 3.47 | 4.02 |
| 1926 | 3.22 | 4.07 |
| 1925 | 3.11 | 3.97 |
| 1924 | 3.49 | 4.21 |
| 1923 | 2.91 | 3.97 |
| 1922 | 3.35 | 4.09 |
| 1921 | 3.52 | 4.25 |
| 1920 | 3.53 | 4.08 |
| 1919 | 4.5 | 3.48 |
| 1918 | 3.33 | 2.93 |
| 1917 | 3.23 | 2.84 |
| 1916 | 3.45 | 2.71 |
| 1915 | 3.4 | 2.68 |
| 1914 | 2.57 | 3.16 |
| 1913 | 3.35 | 3.36 |
| 1912 | 3.92 | 3.51 |
| 1911 | 3.33 | 3.51 |
| 1910 | 3.06 | 3.5 |
| 1909 | 2.98 | 3.44 |
| 1908 | 2.94 | 3.67 |
| 1907 | 2.79 | 3.64 |
| 1906 | 2.83 | 4.19 |
| 1905 | 2.52 | 4.85 |
| 1904 | 2.81 | 5.45 |
| 1903 | 2.9 | 3.23 |
| 1902 | 2.85 | 2.87 |
| 1901 | 2.79 | 2.89 |
| 1900 | 2.82 | 2.89 |
| 1899 | 2.89 | 2.83 |
| 1898 | 3.1 | 2.84 |
| 1897 | 3.09 | 2.77 |
| 1896 | 3.17 | 2.47 |
| 1895 | 3.45 | 3.12 |
| 1894 | 3.19 | 2.83 |
| 1893 | 3.41 | 1.98 |
| 1892 | 3.41 | 2.04 |
| 1891 | 3.56 | 2.17 |
| 1890 | 3.65 | 2.14 |
| 1889 | 3.81 | 2.14 |
| 1888 | 4.11 | 2.09 |
| 1887 | 3.92 | 2.15 |
| 1886 | 3.66 | 2.15 |
| 1885 | 3.66 | 2.04 |
| 1884 | 3.66 | 2.07 |
| 1883 | 3.49 | 2.09 |
| 1882 | 3.24 | 2.05 |
| 1881 | 3.22 | 2.06 |
| 1880 | 3.22 | 2.1 |
| 1879 | 3.14 | 2.12 |
| 1878 | 3.15 | 2.05 |
| 1877 | 3.02 | 2.06 |
| 1876 | 3.07 | 2.11 |
| 1875 | 3.31 | 2.23 |
| 1874 | 3.29 | 2.27 |
| 1873 | 3.32 | 2.24 |
| 1872 | 3.36 | 2.2 |
| 1871 | 3.53 | 2.02 |
| 1870 | 3.13 | 1.99 |
| 1869 | 3.37 | 2.05 |
| 1868 | 3.67 | 2.08 |
| 1867 | 4.07 | 2.39 |
| 1866 | 5 | 2.44 |
| 1865 | 3.44 | 2.42 |
| 1864 | 3.58 | 2.42 |
| 1863 | 3.51 | 2.43 |
| 1862 | 3.4 | 2.48 |
| 1861 | – | 2.43 |
| 1860 | – | 2.51 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, 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 in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Japan: $59.5B 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
- 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