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Canada vs Japan: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Canada's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.31, compared to Japan's 1.37. That makes Canada's value 4.3% lower than Japan's.

Canada

Rank #90 of 147 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2024)
1.31
Year-over-year
+4.8%
10-year change
+32.6%
Peak
1.39 (2020)
Trough
0.99 (2014)

Japan

Rank #86 of 147 globally

Japan trend
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.