10 Biggest Spenders on War One country clearly leads the pack By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted May 7, 2017 12:04 PM CDT 51 comments Comments The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. (Eglin Air Force Base via AP) View 1 more image (Newser) – Democrats and Republicans might squabble regularly about how much the US spends on its military, but one thing is not in doubt: Uncle Sam spends the most of any country in the world, accounts for more than a third of the entire planet's defense spending, and outpaces the next closest country by almost $400 billion. Here are the biggest military spenders, per 24/7WallSt, along with their 2016 spending, and spending as a percentage of GDP: United States, $611 billion, 3.3% China, $215 billion, 1.9% (of note, China's military spending shot up 118% between 2007 and 2016) Russia, $69.2 billion, 5.3% Saudi Arabia, $63.7 billion, 10% India, $55.9 billion, 2.5% France, $55.7 billion, 2.3% United Kingdom, $48.3 billion, 1.9% Japan, $46.1 billion, 1% Germany, $41.1 billion, 1.2% South Korea, $36.8 billion, 2.7% For the full list of the top 15, click here. View 1 more image My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 4% Hilarious 21% Intriguing 28% Depressing 11% Brilliant 5% Scary 31% Ridiculous