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Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and US in constant 2021 US$ billions Military spending as a percent of federal government revenue. The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.
Global military expenditure in 2022. This is a list of countries with the highest military expenditure in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates. [1]
They are presented in millions of United States dollars in current prices, converted at the exchange rate for the given year. [1] If there is no data for a particular year, a cell is left blank. Although the database includes statistics for over 150 countries, per SIPRI's Terms and Condition permission is needed to directly reproduce more than ...
National defense spending is any government spending attributable to the maintenance and strengthening of the United States Armed Forces, including the Army, Navy, Marines, and the Air Force. [14] As of the fiscal year 2019 budget approved by Congress, national defense is the largest discretionary expenditure in the federal budget . [ 13 ]
Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of Federal revenue in the United States Transfer payments to (persons + business) in the United States. CBO projects that spending for Social Security, healthcare programs and interest costs will rise relative to GDP between 2017 and 2027, while defense and other discretionary spending will decline relative to GDP.
This list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for the year 2020. As of 2021, the top five per capita spenders are Qatar (~$3955), Israel (~$2770), United States (~$2405), Kuwait (~$2085) and Singapore (~$1885). All five countries have increased their spending since the previous year (2020).
Military expenditure of the world from 1950 to 2022 in constant 2021 US$ billions Defense spending in the UK over time Main article: Past military expenditure by country The Saturday Review magazine in February 1898 outlined the levels of military expenditure as a percentage of tax revenue spent by the then great powers for the year 1897: [ 8 ]
In 2011, the United States spent more (in absolute numbers) on its military than the next 13 countries combined. [28] The military budget of the United States for the 2009 fiscal year was $515.4 billion. Adding emergency discretionary spending and supplemental spending brings the sum to $651.2 billion. [29]