What Countries Have the Highest Military Expenditures?

Military expenditure is the state's military expenditure. It is mainly used for military construction and weapon assembly research and development, manufacturing and war funding. The proportion of China's military expenditure in GDP is less than 1.5%. After the end of the Cold War, the proportion of military spending in GDP of the United States, Britain, Russia and other major countries in the world remained between 2% and 4%. According to the viewpoint of the national defense and economic academia, the ratio of military expenditure to GDP is between 2% and 4%, which is a relatively safe ratio range.

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Military expenditure is the state's military expenditure. It is mainly used for military construction and weapon assembly research and development, manufacturing and war funding. The proportion of China's military expenditure in GDP is less than 2%. After the end of the Cold War, the proportion of military expenditures in GDP of the United States, Britain, Russia and other major countries in the world remained between 2% and 4%, and Japan was about 1%. Soldier welfare expenditures account for a large proportion of military expenditures in developed countries, and are therefore relatively high compared to China.

1. The United States still tops the list with US $ 518.6 billion, accounting for 3.2% of US GDP.
2. China ranks second with USD 132 billion ^{[2] (} RMB 808.2 billion), accounting for 1.4% of GDP.
3 Russia is third with $ 90.7 billion, accounting for 4.4% of GDP.
4 The United Kingdom ranks fourth at $ 60.8 billion, accounting for 2.5% of GDP.
5. Japan ranks fifth with USD 59.3 billion, accounting for 1.0% of GDP.
The total military expenditure of the top five countries in the world is US $ 1024.8 billion, accounting for 60% of world military expenditures.
The 6th to 15th countries in turn are:
6. France ($ 58.9 billion),
7. Saudi Arabia ($ 56.7 billion),
8. India ($ 46.1 billion),
9. Germany ($ 48.5 billion),
10 Italy ($ 34 billion),
11. Brazil ($ 33.1 billion),
12. South Korea ($ 31.7 billion),
13. Australia ($ 26.2 billion),
14. Canada ($ 22.5 billion),
15. Turkey ($ 18.2 billion).
The total military expenditure of all 15 countries is US $ 1.43 billion, accounting for 82% of world military expenditure

In 2014, U.S. military expenditures fell by 6.5%, compared with the 2010 peak, U.S. military expenditures have fallen by 20%.

But compared to before the United States was hit by terrorism in 2001, U.S. military spending rose by 45% in 2014.

The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the military spending list are China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The military spending of these three countries has increased substantially. Among them, Saudi Arabia s military expenditure increased by 17%, becoming the country with the largest increase in military expenditure among the top 15 countries. ^[3]