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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.
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.
The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies .
2. 2012. DoD budget: $645.5 billion Year-over-year difference:-6.04% or $41.5 billion The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012 was enacted, which implemented major budgetary ...
In 2023, the United States spent 3.4 percent of its gross domestic product on "defense," accounted for 69 percent of military spending by NATO members. With the exception of Poland, every other ...
How much the U.S. should allocate to the Department of Defense remains a contentious topic in the debate over government spending. After a great deal of chaos, on March 23—about halfway through ...
Retired U.S. Air Force combat pilot Brad Gutierrez writes the U.S. overspends on military over the health and education of its residents.
On May 22, the House Armed Services Committee approved its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, by a 57–1 vote. [6] As passed by the committee, the bill included the Pentagon's controversial "Legislative Proposal 480", transferring Air National Guard space units to the Space Force; however, the Committee accepted an amendment proposed by Joe Wilson (R‑SC), watering down ...