16 Military Spending Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

2) The U.S spends 3.3% of its GDP on defense, while other large countries like China, the U.K, India, and France spend around 2%-2.5% on defense. Only Saudi Arabia and Russia are amongst the top 10 military powers that spend a higher amount of their GDP on defense than the U.S (however, they have much smaller economies).

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