Japan
Military spending in US dollars in Japan
Military spending in US dollars in Japan: $6.3B in 1952 and $59.5B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $59.5B
- Since 1952
- +$53.2B
- Rank, 2025
- 10 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Japan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $59.5B |
| 2024 | $54.3B |
| 2023 | $45.9B |
| 2022 | $39.8B |
| 2021 | $42.3B |
| 2020 | $39.3B |
| 2019 | $39.7B |
| 2018 | $38.6B |
| 2017 | $36.7B |
| 2016 | $37B |
| 2015 | $37.2B |
| 2014 | $36.6B |
| 2013 | $36.2B |
| 2012 | $36.3B |
| 2011 | $36.8B |
| 2010 | $36.3B |
| 2009 | $36.1B |
| 2008 | $35.5B |
| 2007 | $35.8B |
| 2006 | $36.3B |
| 2005 | $36.8B |
| 2004 | $36.8B |
| 2003 | $37B |
| 2002 | $36.9B |
| 2001 | $36.7B |
| 2000 | $36.1B |
| 1999 | $35.9B |
| 1998 | $36.1B |
| 1997 | $36.1B |
| 1996 | $35.8B |
| 1995 | $35.1B |
| 1994 | $34.6B |
| 1993 | $34.6B |
| 1992 | $34.7B |
| 1991 | $34.2B |
| 1990 | $33.4B |
| 1989 | $31.8B |
| 1988 | $30.5B |
| 1987 | $29B |
| 1986 | $27.9B |
| 1985 | $26.7B |
| 1984 | $25.3B |
| 1983 | $24.2B |
| 1982 | $23.1B |
| 1981 | $22.3B |
| 1980 | $21.6B |
| 1979 | $21.2B |
| 1978 | $20B |
| 1977 | $18.9B |
| 1976 | $18.3B |
| 1975 | $18.2B |
| 1974 | $17.5B |
| 1973 | $17B |
| 1972 | $16.2B |
| 1971 | $14.5B |
| 1970 | $13.1B |
| 1969 | $12B |
| 1968 | $11B |
| 1967 | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $9.64B |
| 1965 | $8.92B |
| 1964 | $8.31B |
| 1963 | $7.57B |
| 1962 | $6.97B |
| 1961 | $6.81B |
| 1960 | $7B |
| 1959 | $6.99B |
| 1958 | $7B |
| 1957 | $6.85B |
| 1956 | $7.16B |
| 1955 | $7.66B |
| 1954 | $7.38B |
| 1953 | $6.55B |
| 1952 | $6.3B |
- Estimate
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.
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- Military spending1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$504 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel261,000 people in 2020
- National power2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports28 million TIV in 2025