2026-04-16 · percent of world military spending

U.S. military spending leads every other country

SIPRI tracks spending in current USD — the U.S. share still towers over peers.

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 States, 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