Warconomy ranks the top national military spenders by SIPRI's 2025 estimate (US$ billion). Only the comparable SIPRI country-expenditure metric is ranked — global totals, real-terms change, and the NATO 2%-of-GDP count are different measures shown on the defense dashboard. Coverage is partial (the largest spenders Warconomy has source-linked), annual, and not real-time; figures are SIPRI estimates and may be revised.
- 10 top spenders ranked by SIPRI 2025 estimate (US$ billion).
- One comparable SIPRI metric only; partial coverage of the full ranking.
- Annual estimates, not real-time; not a causal attribution.
By 2025 military expenditure (SIPRI)
| # | Country | 2025 (US$ billion) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 954 |
| 2 | China | 336 |
| 3 | Russia | 190 |
| 4 | obs-defense-germany-2025 | 114 |
| 5 | obs-defense-india-2025 | 92.1 |
| 6 | obs-defense-uk-2025 | 89 |
| 7 | obs-defense-ukraine-2025 | 84.1 |
| 8 | obs-defense-saudi-2025 | 83.2 |
| 9 | obs-defense-france-2025 | 68 |
| 10 | obs-defense-japan-2025 | 62.2 |
Source: SIPRI, Trends in World Military Expenditure 2025. Partial — only the top spenders Warconomy has source-linked are shown. See the defense dashboard for the global total and the NATO 2% count.