Our chart below shows the dramatic ... China has been modernizing its military for three decades and boosted spending by 7% last year, according to the SIPRI study. But by some accounts, the ...

I N DOLLAR TERMS, America’s defence budget still towers over the rest—it is bigger than those of the next nine countries combined. But such comparisons reveal little about wha ...

Global military spending reached a record high of $2.7 trillion last year, according to the latest ... and Africa (1.9 percent). This chart shows global military expenditure by region since ...

A Newsweek chart, based on estimates released ... China has used its expanding defense budget to advance its military capabilities in recent years. The country now boasts more warships than ...

Russia's government increased its military spending by 38% to an estimated $149 billion last year, while Ukraine's grew by 2.9% to $64.7 billion. The Ukrainian spending amounted to 34% of the ...

The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in global military spending in 2024 is the highest figure ever recorded by the authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI ...

Americans are showing rising confidence in the military after years of decline and supporting increased military spending as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, according to the ...

Globally, spending in real ... of a country’s military trajectory: they shape what countries will be able to do, and suggest what they plan to do, in the years to come.