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World Military spending (% of GDP) Ranking Map In the available data, Ukraine has the highest recorded value at 34.5% (rank #1); Japan ranks #94 at 1.4%. Coverage: 159 countries and territories. Reference years: Ukraine 2024; Japan 2024. This is military expenditure as a share of GDP, not its absolute amount or a judgment of security.
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Japan 1.4%
Japan, world rank 94 for Military spending (% of GDP), 1.4%
Fiji: 1.3% Tanzania: 1.2% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 1.3% United States: 3.4% Kazakhstan: 0.4% Uzbekistan: 2.9% Papua New Guinea: 0.3% Indonesia: 0.8% Argentina: 0.6% Chile: 1.6% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1.2% Somalia: 1.6% Kenya: 1% Sudan: 0.9% Chad: 3% Haiti: 0.1% Dominican Republic: 0.8% Russia: 7.1% Bahamas: No data Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 2.1% Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 2.7% South Africa: 0.7% Lesotho: 1.6% Mexico: 0.9% Uruguay: 2.3% Brazil: 1% Bolivia: 1.4% Peru: 0.9% Colombia: 3.4% Panama: No data Costa Rica: No data Nicaragua: 0.5% Honduras: 1.6% El Salvador: 1.2% Guatemala: 0.4% Belize: 0.9% Venezuela: 0.5% Guyana: 0.9% Suriname: No data France: 2.1% Ecuador: 2.2% Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 1.3% Cuba: 2.9% Zimbabwe: 0.4% Botswana: 2.8% Namibia: 2.7% Senegal: 1.6% Mali: 4.2% Mauritania: 2.2% Benin: 0.7% Niger: 2.2% Nigeria: 0.6% Cameroon: 1% Togo: 2% Ghana: 0.4% Côte d’Ivoire: 0.8% Guinea: 2.1% Guinea-Bissau: 1.2% Liberia: 0.7% Sierra Leone: 0.5% Burkina Faso: 4.7% Central African Republic: 2.5% Republic of the Congo: 1.2% Gabon: 1.5% Equatorial Guinea: 1% Zambia: 1.3% Malawi: 1% Mozambique: 2% Eswatini: 1.4% Angola: 1% Burundi: 3.8% Israel: 8.8% Lebanon: 2.6% Madagascar: 0.7% Palestine: No data Gambia: 0.6% Tunisia: 2.5% Algeria: 8% Jordan: 4.8% United Arab Emirates: 5.6% Qatar: 6.5% Kuwait: 4.8% Iraq: 2.4% Oman: 5.6% Vanuatu: No data Cambodia: 1.5% Thailand: 1.1% Laos: 0.2% Myanmar: 6.8% Vietnam: 1.8% North Korea: No data South Korea: 2.6% Mongolia: 0.7% India: 2.3% Bangladesh: 0.9% Bhutan: No data Nepal: 1% Pakistan: 2.7% Afghanistan: 1.8% Tajikistan: 1.8% Kyrgyzstan: 3% Turkmenistan: No data Iran: 2% Syria: 4.1% Armenia: 5.5% Sweden: 2% Belarus: 2.1% Ukraine: 34.5% Poland: 4.2% Austria: 1% Hungary: 2.2% Moldova: 0.6% Romania: 2.3% Lithuania: 3.1% Latvia: 3.3% Estonia: 3.4% Germany: 1.9% Bulgaria: 2.1% Greece: 3.1% Türkiye: 1.9% Albania: 2% Croatia: 1.8% Switzerland: 0.7% Luxembourg: 1% Belgium: 1.3% Netherlands: 1.9% Portugal: 1.5% Spain: 1.4% Ireland: 0.2% New Caledonia: No data Solomon Islands: No data New Zealand: 1.2% Australia: 1.9% Sri Lanka: 1.4% China: 1.7% Taiwan: No data Italy: 1.6% Denmark: 2.4% United Kingdom: 2.3% Iceland: No data Azerbaijan: 5% Georgia: 1.9% Philippines: 1.3% Malaysia: 1% Brunei: 3.6% Slovenia: 1.3% Finland: 2.3% Slovakia: 2% Czechia: 1.9% Eritrea: No data Japan: 1.4% Paraguay: 0.9% Yemen: 4% Saudi Arabia: 7.3% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 1.6% Morocco: 3.5% Egypt: 0.7% Libya: 5.3% Ethiopia: 0.7% Djibouti: No data Somaliland: No data Uganda: 1.9% Rwanda: 1.2% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.7% North Macedonia: 2.1% Serbia: 2.6% Montenegro: 1.8% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 0.9% South Sudan: 2% Japan Ukraine 1 Israel 2 Algeria 3 Saudi Arabia 4 Russia 5 Papua New Guinea 155 Ireland 156 Laos 157 Haiti 159 Azerbaijan Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 50% / 2024
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Military spending (% of GDP)Rankings 94/159 1.4%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #94 for military spending (% of gdp). Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Ukraine 34.5% 2 Israel 8.8% 3 Algeria 8% 4 Saudi Arabia 7.3% 5 Russia 7.1%
159 Haiti 0.1% 158 Mauritius 0.1% 157 Laos 0.2% 156 Ireland 0.2% 155 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Military spending (% of GDP) ranking map Compare military spending (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 159 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Ukraine (34.5%), #2 Israel (8.8%), #3 Algeria (8%)
Japan’s position World #94 (1.4%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Military spending (% of GDP) Full ranking159 countries #42 Central African Republic 2.5% Profile #105 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.2% Profile #108 Republic of the Congo 1.2% Profile #133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% Profile