Japan vs Papua New Guinea: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.41% of GDP in Japan and 0.35% of GDP in Papua New Guinea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.06 percentage points, or 4.03 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
In 2025, Japan ranked 88 and Papua New Guinea ranked 145 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Papua New Guinea
2025	1.41	0.35
2024	1.3	0.31
2023	1.1	0.35
2022	0.97	0.42
2021	1.03	0.33
2020	0.99	0.39
2019	0.97	0.36
2018	0.94	0.33
2017	0.89	0.36
2016	0.91	0.38
2015	0.93	0.46
2014	0.94	0.48
2013	0.93	0.49
2012	0.95	0.52
2011	0.97	0.36
2010	0.94	0.33
2009	0.96	0.45
2008	0.9	0.34
2007	0.88	0.41
2006	0.89	0.38
2005	0.91	0.42
2004	0.92	0.39
2003	0.93	0.35
2002	0.93	0.37
2001	0.92	0.55
2000	0.9	0.64
1999	0.92	0.69
1998	0.91	0.88
1997	0.89	1.08
1996	0.88	1.02
1995	0.89	0.78
1994	0.89	1.01
1993	0.95	0.92
1992	0.95	0.89
1991	0.94	0.92
1990	0.94	1.42
1989	0.94	1.5
1988	0.95	1.27
1987	0.97	1.61
1986	0.96	1.57
1985	0.96	1.56
1984	0.96	–
1983	0.95	–
1982	0.93	–
1981	0.92	1.41
1980	0.91	1.4
1979	0.91	1.21
1978	0.89	1.27
1977	0.89	1.25
1976	0.89	1.63
1975	0.91	0.6
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	–

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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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