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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Military spending around the world grew 6.8% in 2023 from the previous year, reaching the highest level ever recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, according to a new ...

Across all countries with available data, defense spending has increased by 10% in the last three years. In many countries, however, geopolitical circumstances have fueled a surge in military ...

The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what's been ...