Australia vs Japan: Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Australia's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.88, compared to Japan's 1.37. That makes Australia's value 37.4% higher than Japan's.
Australia
Rank #65 of 147 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 1.88
- Year-over-year
- +1.2%
- 10-year change
- +6.3%
- Peak
- 2.09 (2016)
- Trough
- 1.64 (2013)
Japan
Rank #86 of 147 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 1.37
- Year-over-year
- +20.3%
- 10-year change
- +43.2%
- Peak
- 1.37 (2024)
- Trough
- 0.88 (2007)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0.