Japan vs Ukraine: Military spending

Japan

59.49 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Ukraine

77.56 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Japan rank

10th

Ukraine rank

8th

Military spending over time

Japan
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 77.56 billion constant 2024 US$ against 59.49 billion constant 2024 US$ in Japan, a difference of 18.06 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 8th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.