2026-04-02 · percent of global GDP (population-weighted)
Russia’s defense burden rose as a GDP share
Sanctions and war shifted both numerator and denominator.
Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides world GDP (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Russia, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of global GDP (population-weighted) (0.1% of world GDP) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Military spending (% of GDP) put Asia & Pacific at 49.9% of world GDP and Africa at 26.9% — about 100 percent of global GDP (population-weighted) in this edition's rounding.
Defense burden as share of GDP (SIPRI via OWID).
Share and export
Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-04-02-pol-mil-gdp-russia