Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $504 in Japan in 2025 and $2,840 in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $2,473, or 7.73 times that in Japan.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars per person · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | $504 2025 | $331 | 44 of 151 |
| United Arab Emirates | $2,840 2014 | $1,581 | — |
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Japan | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $504 | – |
| 2024 | $437 | – |
| 2023 | $386 | – |
| 2022 | $344 | – |
| 2021 | $425 | – |
| 2020 | $406 | – |
| 2019 | $400 | – |
| 2018 | $382 | – |
| 2017 | $354 | – |
| 2016 | $366 | – |
| 2015 | $331 | – |
| 2014 | $368 | $2,840 |
| 2013 | $384 | $3,080 |
| 2012 | $469 | $2,590 |
| 2011 | $474 | $2,719 |
| 2010 | $426 | $2,566 |
| 2009 | $402 | $2,099 |
| 2008 | $362 | $1,924 |
| 2007 | $317 | $1,616 |
| 2006 | $325 | $1,498 |
| 2005 | $346 | $1,452 |
| 2004 | $355 | $1,581 |
| 2003 | $333 | $1,432 |
| 2002 | $309 | $1,395 |
| 2001 | $321 | $1,607 |
| 2000 | $359 | $1,739 |
| 1999 | $340 | $1,343 |
| 1998 | $299 | $1,370 |
| 1997 | $322 | $1,232 |
| 1996 | $350 | – |
| 1995 | $398 | – |
| 1994 | $362 | – |
| 1993 | $332 | – |
| 1992 | $290 | – |
| 1991 | $265 | – |
| 1990 | $234 | – |
| 1989 | $228 | – |
| 1988 | $231 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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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