Global Military Spending Hit All-Time Record In 2025: SIPRI – The Cradle

 Global Military Spending Hit All-Time Record In 2025: SIPRI

This represents the 11th straight year of rising global military expenditure, reaching its highest level since 2009

In 2025, governments worldwide allocated an all-time high of $2.887 trillion to military spending, according to the most recent report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published on 27 April.

The data shows a 2.9 percent annual increase, marking the 11th consecutive year of rising global military spending, with the global military burden reaching its highest level since 2009 at 2.5 percent of GDP.

SIPRI researcher Xiao Liang said the rise reflects how states responded to “another year of wars, uncertainty and geopolitical upheaval with large-scale armament drives.”

The US remained the largest military spender at $954 billion, despite a 7.5 percent decline compared to 2024, with SIPRI attributing the drop to the absence of new military aid for Ukraine after $127 billion had been approved over the previous three years.

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