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The United States Spends More on Defense than the Next 9 Countries Combined [1]
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Date: 2025-06
SIPRI’s definition of defense spending is broader than the definitions that are most frequently used by federal policymakers and organizations such as the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). CBO reported total discretionary defense outlays of $850 billion in 2024, $147 billion less than SIPRI’s estimate. SIPRI’s total is higher in large part because they include payments for military retirement and some expenditures for international affairs in their total; such spending is located elsewhere in the federal budget. Nonetheless, the SIPRI comparison provides useful insights on the sheer scale of U.S. defense spending relative to other nations.
Although the United States spends more on defense than any other country, the Congressional Budget Office projects that defense spending as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) will decline over the coming years — from 2.9 percent of GDP in 2025 to 2.4 percent in 2035. That is proportionately lower than the 50-year average level of defense spending of 4.2 percent of GDP.
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