Military Spending in Perspective

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), worldwide defense spending is on the rise once again. In total, spending stood at $1.69 trillion in 2016. The ten countries who invest most into their military had a share of 73 percent in this, or $1.23 trillion. As our infographic shows the United States has, after five years of spending cuts, again increased its spending in 2016 slightly. Russia sticks out with a share of 5.3 percent of its gross domestic product spent on its military.