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Italy vs Japan: Military spending

Italy
41.14 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Japan
62.31 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Italy rank
12th
Japan rank
9th

Military spending over time

  • Italy
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 62.31 billion constant 2022 US$ against 41.14 billion constant 2022 US$ in Italy, a difference of 21.18 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 158 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 12th and Japan ranks 9th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
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This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.