Japan vs Mauritius: Military spending as a share of GDP
Japan
0.6%
in 2019
Mauritius
0.6%
in 2019
Japan rank
147th
Mauritius rank
149th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Japan
- Mauritius
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Mauritius, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Mauritius's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 147th and Mauritius ranks 149th of 172 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Japan or Mauritius?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Mauritius as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Japan and Mauritius?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mauritius?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2019.
- How do Japan and Mauritius rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Japan ranks 147th and Mauritius ranks 149th 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).