United States
Military spending in US dollars in United States
Military spending in US dollars in United States: $181B in 1949 and $929B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $929B
- Since 1949
- +$748B
- Rank, 2025
- 1 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.06T in 2010, the lowest $181B in 1949.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $929B |
| 2024 | $1.01T |
| 2023 | $943B |
| 2022 | $923B |
| 2021 | $933B |
| 2020 | $943B |
| 2019 | $901B |
| 2018 | $853B |
| 2017 | $828B |
| 2016 | $836B |
| 2015 | $839B |
| 2014 | $858B |
| 2013 | $915B |
| 2012 | $991B |
| 2011 | $1.05T |
| 2010 | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $957B |
| 2007 | $892B |
| 2006 | $869B |
| 2005 | $857B |
| 2004 | $819B |
| 2003 | $751B |
| 2002 | $660B |
| 2001 | $588B |
| 2000 | $583B |
| 1999 | $561B |
| 1998 | $560B |
| 1997 | $573B |
| 1996 | $576B |
| 1995 | $609B |
| 1994 | $652B |
| 1993 | $688B |
| 1992 | $727B |
| 1991 | $690B |
| 1990 | $781B |
| 1989 | $815B |
| 1988 | $821B |
| 1987 | $839B |
| 1986 | $846B |
| 1985 | $793B |
| 1984 | $740B |
| 1983 | $704B |
| 1982 | $721B |
| 1981 | $609B |
| 1980 | $547B |
| 1979 | $548B |
| 1978 | $545B |
| 1977 | $542B |
| 1976 | $522B |
| 1975 | $537B |
| 1974 | $568B |
| 1973 | $575B |
| 1972 | $605B |
| 1971 | $606B |
| 1970 | $674B |
| 1969 | $727B |
| 1968 | $761B |
| 1967 | $737B |
| 1966 | $642B |
| 1965 | $543B |
| 1964 | $540B |
| 1963 | $559B |
| 1962 | $567B |
| 1961 | $523B |
| 1960 | $502B |
| 1959 | $515B |
| 1958 | $511B |
| 1957 | $514B |
| 1956 | $500B |
| 1955 | $493B |
| 1954 | $521B |
| 1953 | $604B |
| 1952 | $587B |
| 1951 | $416B |
| 1950 | $195B |
| 1949 | $181B |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1.4 million people in 2020
- National power12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports14 billion TIV in 2025