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France vs Japan: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

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

In , France's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 2.05, compared to Japan's 1.37. That makes France's value 49.7% higher than Japan's.

France

Rank #53 of 147 globally

France trend
Latest (2024)
2.05
Year-over-year
+5.2%
10-year change
+10.4%
Peak
2.10 (2009)
Trough
1.85 (2018)

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.