Japan vs Russia: Military expenditure

Japan

8.37 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Russia

13.83 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Japan rank

11th

Russia rank

8th

Military expenditure over time

Russia currently reports 13.83 trillion current LCU against 8.37 trillion current LCU in Japan, a difference of 5.46 trillion current LCU.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 11th and Russia ranks 8th of 167 countries.

Indicator: Military expenditure (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 167 places, 8,248 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year)