Global Military Spending by Year, 1990-2024

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Global Military Spending by Year, 1990-2024
World total military expenditure in billions of current US dollars by year, 1990 to 2024, from World Bank Open Data, which publishes the SIPRI series. Figures are in current dollars and are not adjusted for inflation.
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World military spending barely moved through the 1990s, from 712.3 billion dollars in 1990 to 742.4 billion in 2000, which in current dollars means it fell in real terms. Everything after that is upward: 1,164.5 billion by 2005, 1,648.7 by 2010, then a decade-long plateau to 1,652.0 in 2015 before climbing again to 1,934.4 in 2020 and 2,651.8 in 2024. The recent pace is what stands out: spending rose by 717.4 billion dollars in the four years from 2020 to 2024, nearly as much as the 936.4 billion added across the twenty years from 1990 to 2010, and the total rose by 1,222.1 billion over the whole thirty years from 1990 to 2020.

Source:  World Bank Open Data (SIPRI)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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2024 leads with 2,652 in 2024.
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Average value in 2024: 2,652  ·  median: 2,652.
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2024 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Gap in 2024: 2024 is 3.7× larger than 1990.

Global Military Spending by Year, 1990-2024

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
11
11 categories  ·  11 years
Top Value
2,651.80
2024
Global Military Spending (billion US$) · 2024
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Global Military Spending (billion US$)
Period
1990 – 2024
11 years of data

Rankings & Full Data

11 records · Global Military Spending (billion US$) · ranked by 2024

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# Category 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Change Source
🥇 2024 2,651.80
🥈 2023 2,385.10
🥉 2022 2,203.20
4 2021 2,072.80
5 2020 1,934.40
6 2015 1,652
7 2010 1,648.70
8 2005 1,164.50
9 2000 742.40
10 1995 724.80
11 1990 712.30

Data Sources & References

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