Japan vs Nicaragua: Military spending as a share of GDP
Japan
0.6%
in 2019
Nicaragua
0.6%
in 2019
Japan rank
147th
Nicaragua rank
150th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Japan
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 147th and Nicaragua ranks 150th of 172 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Nicaragua in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5.7% | 2.1% | 3.7% | Japan |
| 1910s | 3.4% | 0.6% | 2.8% | Japan |
| 1920s | 2.6% | 0.1% | 2.5% | Japan |
| 1930s | 4.6% | 0.2% | 4.4% | Japan |
| 1940s | 31.9% | 1.0% | 30.9% | Japan |
| 1950s | 1.1% | 3.0% | 1.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 6.5% | 5.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 2.1% | 1.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 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, Japan or Nicaragua?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Nicaragua as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Japan and Nicaragua?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nicaragua?
- 114 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2019.
- How do Japan and Nicaragua rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Japan ranks 147th and Nicaragua ranks 150th 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).