美国在“国防”上的开支超过了接下来8个国家加起来的总和。

美国在“国防”上的开支超过了接下来8个国家加起来的总和。
The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined

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全球军事支出在2025年飙升至创纪录的2.6万亿美元，其中排名前15位的国家贡献了超过2万亿美元——这是首次出现的情况。美国以9210亿美元的预算遥遥领先，超过了接下来八个最高支出国的总和。中国紧随其后，以2513亿美元成为第二大军费国，进一步巩固了其在亚洲军事支出的主导地位。俄罗斯的预算达到1862亿美元，大幅增长，但预计2026年将下降。值得注意的是，欧洲的国防支出正在经历大幅增长，这受到乌克兰战争和履行北约承诺（到2035年达到GDP的3.5%）的压力所驱动。德国和英国正在引领这一扩张，两国均大幅增加了预算。这是冷战以来欧洲最大规模的国防建设，标志着地缘政治优先事项的重大转变，并使国防成为全球增长最快的支出类别。

原文

For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025.

Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities.

Using data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, ranks the 15 countries driving this surge in military spending.

While the U.S. still operates on an entirely different scale, the biggest shift is happening in Europe, where countries are no longer just maintaining military capacity but expanding it significantly.

The $2 Trillion Arms Race: Defense Spending by Country

The U.S. defense budget reached $921 billion in 2025, larger than the combined military spending of China, Russia, Germany, the UK, India, Saudi Arabia, France, and Japan.

Looking ahead, Donald Trump has proposed increasing defense spending to $1.5 trillion by 2027, although this plan has not been enacted. If realized, this would represent roughly 90% higher spending than the Cold War peak in real terms.

China ranked second globally with $251.3 billion in defense spending in 2025. Its share of Asia’s military spending has climbed to 44%, up from 39% in 2017, highlighting its expanding regional influence.

Below is the breakdown of the 15 nations with the largest defense budgets in 2025.

Russia’s defense budget reached $186.2 billion in 2025, rising by more than $40 billion in a single year and equivalent to 7.3% of GDP.

However, spending is expected to decline in 2026, the first drop since the invasion of Ukraine. With a growing deficit, the country faces mounting economic pressure, though higher oil prices have recently provided some relief.

Europe’s Expanding War Chest

With Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and pressure from the U.S., European NATO members have committed to spending 3.5% of GDP on defense by 2035.

This would translate to roughly $1.2 trillion by 2035, the largest defense buildup among these countries since the Cold War.

Outside of Russia, Europe holds six of the world’s 15 largest defense budgets, led by Germany ($107.3 billion) and the UK ($94.3 billion). Both countries increased spending by tens of billions between 2024 and 2025.

What was once gradual growth has become a sharp acceleration, making defense one of the fastest-growing spending categories across advanced economies.

To learn more about this topic, check out this graphic on the world’s largest armies in 2026.