Countries with the Biggest Military Budgets 2017
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Countries with the Biggest Military Budgets 2017United States (646.8), China (210.4) and Saudi Arabia (70.4) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 646.8 down to 10.2, a spread of 636.6. Most of that spread sits between first and second alone (436.4 of 636.6), so United States stands apart from the rest of the table. No other country in the table reaches half the leading figure of 646.8. United States stood at 639.9 in 2016, so its figure rose by 6.9 over the year. United States also came first in 2016. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2016, 16 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 3 a lower one. The largest single move was China, from 198.5 to 210.4. The chart shows the twenty highest of 156 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
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- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2017 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Military Spending (USD Billion)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2017.
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