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|    Re: countries with the highest military     |
|    06 Jul 25 02:32:39    |
      XPost: rec.aviation.military, soc.history.war.misc, alt.war.world-war-three       XPost: alt.economics, or.politics       From: horchata12839@gmail.com              a425couple wrote:       > List of countries with highest military expenditures       > Article Talk       > Language       > Download PDF       > Watch       > Edit       > This is a list of countries with highest military expenditures.       >       >       > Military spending by country       > Contents       > Highest military expenditure       > edit       > The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research       > Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top       > 40 military spenders as of 2024, based on current market exchange rates.[1]       >       > The second list is based on the 2025 edition of The Military Balance,       > published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)       > using average market exchange rates.[2]       >       > 40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2024[1]       > SIPRI Military Expenditure Database List by the International       > Institute for Strategic Studies       > 2025 edition of "The Military Balance" from the       > International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)[2][3][4]       > for the year 2024       >       > Rank Country Spending       > (US$ bn) % of GDP % of global       > spending       > 1 United States 997.0 3.4 37.0       > 2 China China[a] 314.0 1.7 12.0       > 3 Russia[a] 149.0 7.1 5.5       > 4 Germany Germany 88.5 1.9 3.3       > 5 India India 86.1 2.3 3.2       > 6 United Kingdom 81.8 2.3 3.0       > 7 Saudi Arabia ] 80.3 7.3 3.0       > 8 Ukraine Ukraine 64.7 34.0 2.4       > 9 France ] 64.7 2.1 2.4       > 10 Japan Japan 55.3 1.4 2.0       > 11 South Korea 47.6 2.6 1.8       > 12 Israel Israel 46.5 8.8 1.7       > 13 Poland b] 38.0 4.2 1.4       > 14 Italy Italy 38.0 1.6 1.4       > 15 Australia 33.8 1.9 1.2       > 16 Canada Canada 29.3 1.3 1.1       > 17 Turkey Turkey 25.0 1.9 1.0       > 18 Spain Spain 24.6 1.4 0.9       > 19 Netherlands Netherlands 23.2 1.9 0.7       > 20 Algeria Algeria 21.8 8.0 0.7       > 21 Brazil Brazil 20.9 1.0 0.7       > 22 Mexico Mexico 16.7 0.9 0.6       > 23 Taiwan Taiwan 16.5 2.1 0.5       > 24 Colombia Colombia 15.1 3.4 0.5       > 25 Singapore Singapore 15.1 2.8 0.4       > 26 Sweden Sweden 12.0 2.0 0.4       > 27 Indonesia Indonesia 11.0 0.8 0.4       > 28 Norway Norway 10.4 2.1 0.4       > 29 Pakistan Pakistan 10.2 2.7 0.4       > 30 Denmark Denmark 10.0 2.4 0.3       > 31 Romania Romania 8.7 2.3 0.3       > 32 Belgium Belgium 8.6 1.3 0.3       > 33 Greece Greece 8.0 3.1 0.3       > 34 Iran Iran 7.9 2.0 0.3       > 35 Kuwait Kuwait 7.8 4.8 0.3       > 36 Finland Finland 7.0 2.3 0.3       > 37 Switzerland Switzerland 6.7 0.7 0.2       > 38 Czech Republic Czechia 6.5 1.9 0.2       > 39 Iraq Iraq 6.2 2.4 0.2       > 40 Philippines Philippines 6.1 1.3 0.2              This is a geography lesson. I never expected Iraq to be on the list.              --       Further penitence and piracy       between the spliff and all the grapes       Hum enslaving race       And keep your Js.               vo^ vo^ C ü c k h a u s ^ov ^ov              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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