Argentina vs Japan: Military spending as a share of GDP
Argentina
0.6%
in 2019
Japan
0.6%
in 2019
Argentina rank
145th
Japan rank
147th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Argentina
- Japan
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 154 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 145th and Japan ranks 147th of 172 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 8 and Japan in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Argentina |
| 1870s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Japan |
| 1880s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Argentina |
| 1890s | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.7% | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.8% | 5.7% | 4.9% | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 3.4% | 2.7% | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.7% | 2.6% | 1.9% | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 4.6% | 3.8% | Japan |
| 1940s | 1.6% | 31.9% | 30.3% | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.8% | 1.1% | 1.6% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.9% | Argentina |
| 1970s | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 2.4% | 0.7% | 1.7% | Argentina |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Argentina or Japan?
- Argentina, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Japan as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Argentina and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Japan?
- 154 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2019.
- How do Argentina and Japan rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Argentina ranks 145th and Japan ranks 147th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).