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The statistic shows the 15 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2012. In 2012, the United States continued to lead the ranking of countries with the highest military spending with outlays for defense of 682 billion U.S. dollars, more than the next 10 countries combined.
Global military spending fell for the first time since 1998 by 0.5 percent to a total of 1.75 trillion U.S. dollars in 2012.