Austria vs Japan: Military spending as a share of GDP
Austria
0.6%
in 2019
Japan
0.6%
in 2019
Austria rank
148th
Japan rank
147th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Austria
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Japan ahead.
Austria ranks 148th and Japan ranks 147th of 172 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.3% | 4.2% | 4.0% | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.3% | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 4.0% | 3.2% | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Austria |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Austria or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Austria and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Japan?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2019.
- How do Austria and Japan rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Austria ranks 148th 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).