Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Global Defense Spending (graphic: The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Russia and China, still considered major military powers, have nothing on the United States when it comes to comparing these nations’ defense expenditures to that of the entire world. Russian and Chinese appropriations for warfare each represent a little more than 5% of all global military outlays. The U.S.?
More than 44%.
America spends eight times more than Russia and China, 15 times more than Japan, 47 times more than Israel, and nearly 73 times more than Iran, according to The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Thanks to the war on terrorism, the U.S. has inflated its defense budget from $432 billion in 2001 to $733 billion in fiscal 2011—a jump of almost 70%.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
U.S. vs. Global Defense Spending (Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Spending Request: Briefing Book (by Laicie Olson, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation) (pdf)
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