Global Defense Spending Ranking in 2025: The U.S., China, India, Russia, Germany, the UK, France, Japan, and Ukraine Make the List, with Ukraine Leading in Growth Rate

【IISS 2025 Global Defense Spending Rankings: U.S., China, and Russia Rank Top Three, Ukraine Ranks Tenth】

In the 2025 global defense spending rankings, Russia ranks third and Ukraine ranks tenth (while also showing the highest growth rate). The ranking was published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in its "Military Balance 2026" report.

- United States: $921 billion in 2025 (down from $968 billion in 2024, a decrease of -4.8%)

- China: $251.3 billion in 2025 (up from $234.9 billion in 2024, an increase of +6.9%)

- Russia: $186.2 billion in 2025 (up from $145.9 billion in 2024, an increase of +21.6%)

- Germany: $107.3 billion in 2025 (up from $86 billion in 2024, an increase of +24.8%)

- United Kingdom: $94.3 billion in 2025 (up from $81.1 billion in 2024, an increase of +16.3%)

- India: $78.3 billion in 2025 (up from $74.4 billion in 2024, an increase of +5.2%)

- Saudi Arabia: $72.5 billion in 2025 (up from $71.7 billion in 2024, an increase of +1.1%)

- France: $70 billion in 2025 (up from $64 billion in 2024, an increase of +9.4%)

- Japan: $58.9 billion in 2025 (up from $53 billion in 2024, an increase of +11.1%)

- Ukraine: $44.4 billion in 2025 (up from $28.4 billion in 2024, an increase of +56.3%)

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