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Germany crossed the 2% of GDP threshold for the first time since 1990, with spending rising 24% to $114 billion; Berlin has since pledged to reach 3.5% by 2029. Spain\u2019s military budget leaped 50% to $40.2 billion, also crossing 2% of GDP for the first time since 1994, while Poland spent 4.5% of its GDP on defense \u2212 the highest burden among all NATO members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pattern repeated itself in Asia and Oceania, where combined expenditure rose 8.1% to $681 billion, the region\u2019s sharpest increase since 2009. China\u2019s spending grew 7.4% to an estimated $336 billion, marking its 31st consecutive annual increase. Taiwan posted a 14% jump to $18.2 billion \u2212 its largest rise since at least 1988 \u2212 as Chinese military exercises around the island intensified. Japan\u2019s $62.2 billion budget represented 1.4% of GDP, the highest military burden the longtime pacifist country has carried since 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia and Ukraine, now in the fifth year of war, continued to expand their military outlays. Russia allocated an estimated $190 billion \u2212 7.5% of GDP and a record 20% of total government expenditure \u2212 while Ukraine spent $84.1 billion, equivalent to a staggering 40% of GDP and 63% of government spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall 2.9% real-terms increase is the smallest annual rise since 2021, though that\u2019s largely an accounting artifact. The dynamic is almost entirely explained by Washington\u2019s failure to approve new financial military assistance for Ukraine during the year \u2212 aid that SIPRI counts as part of the donor country\u2019s expenditure. U.S. spending fell 7.5% year over year to $954 billion, primarily because no new supplemental appropriations for Ukraine-related Defense Department support were passed in 2025, compared to a cumulative $127 billion approved over the previous three years. Outside the United States, global military spending grew by 9.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIPRI researchers were blunt about the outlook: \u201cThe decline in U.S. military expenditure in 2025 is likely to be short-lived,\u201d said program director Nan Tian. Congress has already approved over $1 trillion for 2026, with a potential further rise to $1.5 trillion in 2027 if President Donald Trump\u2019s latest budget proposal passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to providing the latest numbers, SIPRI researchers also raised a concern about transparency. The June 2025 NATO summit raised the alliance\u2019s spending target to 5% of GDP by 2035, with up to 1.5% points of that allowed to cover loosely defined \u201cdefense- and security-related\u201d expenditures. Researchers warned that vague definitions risk incentivizing \u201ccreative accounting\u201d and cited Italy\u2019s reported attempt to count the cost of constructing a bridge to Sicily as military-related spending as an illustration of the problem. 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