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By Gabriel Cohen – Visual Capitalist
Europe’s military buildup accelerated sharply in 2025.
Among the world’s 25 largest defense spenders, Spain and Norway led annual spending growth with increases of roughly 50%, while Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Canada also posted gains exceeding 20%.
This graphic ranks the world’s largest military spenders by the real year-over-year change in defense expenditure between 2024 and 2025, using data from the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
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