United States Military Spending Over Time (1960–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Military Spending (USD)

Global rank: 1 / 151

Data table

1960	47.35B	1971	78.24B	1982	221.7B	1993	316.7B	2004	493B	2015	633.8B
1961	49.88B	1972	80.71B	1983	223.4B	1994	308.1B	2005	533.2B	2016	639.9B
1962	54.65B	1973	81.47B	1984	245.1B	1995	295.9B	2006	558.3B	2017	646.8B
1963	54.56B	1974	89.28B	1985	272.2B	1996	288B	2007	589.6B	2018	682.5B
1964	53.43B	1975	92.08B	1986	295.5B	1997	293.2B	2008	656.8B	2019	734.3B
1965	54.56B	1976	94.72B	1987	304.1B	1998	291B	2009	705.9B	2020	778.4B
1966	66.44B	1977	104.7B	1988	309.7B	1999	298.1B	2010	738B	2021	806.2B
1967	78.4B	1978	113.4B	1989	321.9B	2000	320.1B	2011	752.3B	2022	860.7B
1968	84.33B	1979	126.9B	1990	325.1B	2001	331.8B	2012	725.2B	2023	916B
1969	84.99B	1980	143.7B	1991	299.4B	2002	378.5B	2013	679.2B	2024	997.3B
1970	83.41B	1981	176.6B	1992	325B	2003	440.5B	2014	647.8B

Military Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 18 / 147

Data table

1960	9%	1971	6.9%	1982	6.8%	1993	4.6%	2004	4%	2015	3.5%
1961	9.2%	1972	6.5%	1983	6.3%	1994	4.2%	2005	4.1%	2016	3.4%
1962	9.3%	1973	5.9%	1984	6.2%	1995	3.9%	2006	4%	2017	3.3%
1963	8.8%	1974	6%	1985	6.5%	1996	3.6%	2007	4.1%	2018	3.3%
1964	8.1%	1975	5.6%	1986	6.6%	1997	3.4%	2008	4.4%	2019	3.4%
1965	7.6%	1976	5.2%	1987	6.4%	1998	3.2%	2009	4.9%	2020	3.6%
1966	8.4%	1977	5.2%	1988	6.1%	1999	3.1%	2010	4.9%	2021	3.4%
1967	9.4%	1978	4.9%	1989	5.9%	2000	3.1%	2011	4.8%	2022	3.3%
1968	9.3%	1979	5%	1990	5.6%	2001	3.1%	2012	4.5%	2023	3.3%
1969	8.6%	1980	5.2%	1991	4.9%	2002	3.4%	2013	4%	2024	3.4%
1970	8%	1981	5.6%	1992	5%	2003	3.8%	2014	3.7%