Military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 2.53% in 2022 in Japan, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 5.85% more than in the previous year.
Historically, military expenditures as a share of government expenditure in Japan reached an all time high of 7.33% in 1972 and an all time low of 2.29% in 2020.
Japan has been ranked 123rd within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditures as a share of government expenditure.
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