World’s biggest military spenders

Total world military expenditure rose to $1.822 trillion in 2018, an increase of 2.6 percent from 2017, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)


U.S. spent almost as much on its military as next eight largest-spending countries
combined

Total $1,822bn (2018)


United States $649bn
China $250bn
Saudi Arabia $67.6bn
India $66.5bn
France $63.8bn
Russia $61.4bn
UK $50.0bn
Germany $49.5bn
Japan $46.4bn
South Korea $43.1bn
Italy $27.3bn
Brazil $27.8bn
Australia $26.7bn
Canada $21.6bn
Turkey $19.0bn
Rest of world $352.3bn


China’s People’s Liberation Army frigate Mianyang


Source: SIPRI 
Picture: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
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