Military - Japan



TopicValue
Military expenditure as % of GDP (% of GDP)0.991705130777978
Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)0.397971296128787
Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure (% of central government expenditure)5.17455551406427
Value & RankThe Military expenditure as % of GDP of Japan is 0.99 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 126.
Japan compared to other CountriesThe Military expenditure as % of GDP of Japan is similar to that of Benin, Seychelles, Niger, Canada, New Zealand, Panama, Spain, Latvia, Indonesia, Mozambique with a respective Military expenditure as % of GDP of 1.04, 1.03, 1.03, 1.01, 1.00, 0.98, 0.94, 0.93, 0.90, 0.89 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131.Last 10 years averageJapan had an average Military expenditure as % of GDP of 1.00 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Japan during the Great RecessionJapan's Military expenditure as % of GDP had a positive growth of 5.57% during the Great RecessionJapan since the end of the Great RecessionJapan's Military expenditure as % of GDP had a negative growth (decline) of 2.96% since the end of the Great Recession
Military expenditure as % of GDP of Japan
Value & RankThe Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Japan is 5.17 (% of central government expenditure) with a global rank of 80.
Japan compared to other CountriesThe Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Japan is similar to that of El Salvador, Egypt, Poland, United Kingdom, Argentina, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Tanzania, France, Germany with a respective Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of 5.57, 5.52, 5.38, 5.31, 5.23, 5.09, 4.91, 4.84, 4.76, 4.65 (% of central government expenditure) and a global rank of 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85.5 years declineJapan's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a negative growth (decline) of 18.8 (%) in the last 5 years from (2007 to 2012).
Last 5 years averageJapan had an average Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of 5.58 (% of central government expenditure) in the last 5 years from (2007 to 2012).
Japan during the Great RecessionJapan's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a negative growth (decline) of 13.2% during the Great RecessionJapan since the end of the Great RecessionJapan's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a negative growth (decline) of 3.15% since the end of the Great Recession
Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Japan
Value & RankThe Armed forces personnel of Japan is 0.40 (% of total labor force) with a global rank of 129.
Japan compared to other CountriesThe Armed forces personnel of Japan is similar to that of Germany, Ireland, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Philippines, The Bahamas, Central African Republic, China, Barbados, New Zealand with a respective Armed forces personnel of 0.45, 0.43, 0.43, 0.41, 0.40, 0.39, 0.38, 0.38, 0.37, 0.36 (% of total labor force) and a global rank of 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134.10 years declineJapan's Armed forces personnel had a negative growth (decline) of 0.00 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageJapan had an average Armed forces personnel of 0.40 (% of total labor force) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Japan during the Great RecessionJapan's Armed forces personnel had a positive growth of 3.81% during the Great RecessionJapan since the end of the Great RecessionJapan's Armed forces personnel had a positive growth of 1.33% since the end of the Great Recession
Armed forces personnel of Japan
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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators