2026-04-14 · percent of world military spending

Western European powers still spend heavily on defense

UK and France together remain a visible slice of global military outlays.

Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides world military spending (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — United Kingdom + France, 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 world military spending (0.1% of world military spending) · 1,000 cells