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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...