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World military spending 2026
A country-level view of defense budgets for 2026. Color = spend tier; bubble size = absolute spend. Data from SIPRI, NATO, IISS and FY2026 budget filings.
33%
of world military spending is US
$954B of a $2.85T global total
1.13×
US vs. next 9 combined
$954B vs. $1119B
73%
top 10 share of world total
United, China, Russia, Germany, India…
33%
of Ukraine's GDP is defense
highest GDP share of any country in the dataset
militaryspend.org
Military spending by country, 2026
Source: SIPRI, NATO, IISS, FY2026 budget filings
Annual spend
>$500B
$200–500B
$100–200B
$50–100B
$20–50B
<$20B
militaryspend.org · data vintage 2026
Sources SIPRI 2024 baseline · NATO 2025 · IISS Military Balance 2025 · FY2026 appropriations
world total ≈ $2.85T