{"id":8873,"date":"2026-04-27T04:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/trends-in-world-military-expenditure-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:48:04","slug":"trends-in-world-military-expenditure-2025","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/trends-in-world-military-expenditure-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content column\">\n<div class=\"highlighted\">\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-breadcrumbs\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"system-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n          \t\t            \t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/search\">Publications search<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-page-title\" class=\"block block-core\">\n<h1>\n<span>Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2025<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views\" id=\"views-block-publications-block-4\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-a2da28dce904d42ff7040143bc97b03948befb03d7008bfa3b6c33e7fd8127a9\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/publications_lareg\/public\/2026-04\/2604_milex_2025_page_01.png?itok=OuAsuqRj\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" alt=\"Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2025\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-view\"><span class=\"field-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-25929f13a9d609d1308a9c7e0a3e8ad921435b1623692988a240052bfe7c206d\">\n<p> <span class=\"_624 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/xiao-liang\" hreflang=\"en\">Xiao Liang<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_906 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-nan-tian\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Nan Tian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_940 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-diego-lopes-da-silva\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Diego Lopes da Silva<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_737 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/lorenzo-scarazzato\" hreflang=\"en\">Lorenzo Scarazzato<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_133 views-row\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/zubaida-karim\" hreflang=\"en\">Zubaida A. Karim<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"_197 views-row\"><br \/>\n     and <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/jade-guiberteau-ricard\" hreflang=\"en\">Jade Guiberteau Ricard<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-year-of-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">April 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-loaction\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Stockholm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-name\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">SIPRI<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-doi\">\n<p class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/ZLHQ1057\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/ZLHQ1057<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-content\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"7859\" class=\"node node--type-publication node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-pdf-full-publication field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item button_style\">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/2604_milex_2025.pdf\">DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION<\/a>\n      <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>World military expenditure rose by 2.9 per cent in real terms to reach $2887 billion in 2025, which was the 11th consecutive year of growth. Global spending has gone up by 41 per cent over the past decade (2016\u201325). The year-on-year increase in 2025 was considerably smaller than the 9.7 per cent rise recorded in 2024 and marked the lowest annual rate of growth since 2021. The world\u2019s military burden\u2014the share of global gross domestic product (GDP) devoted to military expenditure\u2014went up from 2.4 per cent in 2024 to 2.5 per cent in 2025. The global average military expenditure as a share of government expenditure was 6.9 per cent in 2025, compared with 7.0 per cent in 2024, and world spending per person stood at $352 in 2025.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Global military expenditure rose in 2025 despite a drop in spending by the United States, the world\u2019s biggest spender. A sharp increase in European spending and continued growth in Asia and Oceania were more than enough to offset the decrease in US spending during the year. World military expenditure excluding the USA grew by 9.2 per cent in 2025.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This SIPRI Fact Sheet examines the regional and national military expenditure data for 2025 and trends over the decade 2016\u201325. The data, which replaces all military spending data previously published by SIPRI, comes from the updated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/CQGC9685\">SIPRI Military Expenditure Database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)\/EDITORS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dynamic-block-fieldnode-commentary-about-the-authors field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<div class=\"views-element-container\">\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-12a684055a148744a2450c607e0ae77c283b317f9650de2bcd186cf37bd2bfb1\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/xiao-liang\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2022-01\/xiao_liang.jpg?itok=4Df57iL0\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Xiao LIANG\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/xiao-liang\" hreflang=\"en\">Xiao Liang<\/a> is a Researcher in the\u00a0SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-nan-tian\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2024-01\/nan_tian_-_bw-3.jpg?itok=VHRABYEW\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Nan Tian\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-nan-tian\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Nan Tian<\/a> is a Senior Researcher and Programme Director of the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-diego-lopes-da-silva\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2020-03\/dsc_0495-2-2.jpg?itok=kGbHqWw7\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Dr Diego Lopes da Silva\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-diego-lopes-da-silva\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Diego Lopes da Silva<\/a> is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/lorenzo-scarazzato\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2022-09\/lorenzo_scarazzato_2.jpg?itok=tELIT98y\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Lorenzo Scarazzato\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/lorenzo-scarazzato\" hreflang=\"en\">Lorenzo Scarazzato<\/a> is a Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/zubaida-karim\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2024-10\/zubaida_bw-2.jpg?itok=KisGugQe\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Zubaida A. Karim\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/zubaida-karim\" hreflang=\"en\">Zubaida A. Karim<\/a> is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/jade-guiberteau-ricard\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2024-12\/jade_guiberteau_bw-3.jpg?itok=1j2WvICp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Jade Guiberteau Ricard\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/jade-guiberteau-ricard\" hreflang=\"en\">Jade Guiberteau Ricard<\/a> is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-donatepopup\" class=\"block block-block-content\">\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<style>\n  .center-content {\n    text-align: center;\n  }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"center-content\">\n<p style=\"padding: 40px 10px 20px; text-align: center; font-family: Arial;\"> When peace is under threat, accurate information is more important than ever. <\/p>\n<h3>Invest in the facts<br \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;\"> <span class=\"button_style\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.sipri.org\/\">Support SIPRI<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg back-to-top\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to return to the top of the page\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"left\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-up fa-4x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/2026\/sipri-fact-sheets\/trends-world-military-expenditure-2025?rand=6456\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Publications search Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2025 Xiao Liang, Dr Nan Tian, Dr Diego Lopes da Silva, Lorenzo Scarazzato, Zubaida A. Karim and Jade Guiberteau Ricard April 2026 Stockholm SIPRI https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/ZLHQ1057 DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION World military expenditure rose by 2.9 per cent in real terms to reach $2887 billion in 2025, which was the 11th consecutive year of&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":99085,"featured_media":8874,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1985,578,857,803],"ground_category":[315,317],"class_list":["post-8873","ground_post","type-ground_post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-expenditure","tag-military","tag-trends","tag-world","ground_category-2-grounds-tribulation","ground_category-2-2-time-dispute"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/2604_milex_2025_page_01.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/8873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ground_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/8873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8873"},{"taxonomy":"ground_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_category?post=8873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}