The Countries With The Highest Military Expenditure in 2020

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2020 was the third consecutive year of U.S. military spending growth after seven years of continuous decline. Elsewhere, China was in second place with $252 billion and its military spending climbed for the 26th consecutive year. India was the world's third largest military spender last year with $72.9 billion, followed by Russia with $61.7 billion.

RANK 1 - USA 778 billion dollars The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America. It consists of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
RANK 2 - China 252 billion dollars The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the regular armed forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the armed wing of the PRC's founding and ruling political party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Besides the Central Military Commission (CMC) and several minor units.
RANK 3 - India 72.9 billion dollars The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.
RANK 4 - Russia 61.7 billion dollars The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of the Russian Federation. They are divided into the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces.
RANK 5 - UK 59.2 billion dollars The British Armed Forces, also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and the Crown dependencies.
RANK 6 - Saudi Arabia 57.2 billion dollars The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces or SAAF are the military forces of Saudi Arabia. It consists of the Saudi Arabian Land Forces, the Royal Saudi Navy, the Royal Saudi Air Force, the Royal Saudi Air Defense, and the Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force.
RANK 7 - Germany 52.8 billion dollars The Bundeswehr is the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities. The states of Germany are not allowed to maintain armed forces of their own, since the German Constitution.
RANK 8 - France 52.7 billion dollars The French Armed Forces encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force, the National Guard and the Gendarmerie of the French Republic.

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