This statistic shows the amount spent by the world's nuclear armed countries on nuclear weapons in 2011, by country. In 2011, the full cost of the United States nuclear weapons program was 34 billion U.S. dollars.
Amount spent on nuclear weapons around the world in 2011, by country
(in billion U.S. dollars)
These costs refer to researching, developing, procuring, testing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the nuclear arsenal (weapons and their delivery vehicles) and its key nuclear command-control-communications and early warning infrastructure. Not included are unpaid/deferred environmental and health costs, missile defenses assigned to defend against nuclear weapons, nuclear threat reduction and incident management, air defenses, antisubmarine
warfare and nuclear-weapons related intelligence and surveillance expenses
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Website (globalzero.org). (June 4, 2011). Amount spent on nuclear weapons around the world in 2011, by country (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Website (globalzero.org). "Amount spent on nuclear weapons around the world in 2011, by country (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 4, 2011. Statista. Accessed January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Website (globalzero.org). (2011). Amount spent on nuclear weapons around the world in 2011, by country (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Website (globalzero.org). "Amount Spent on Nuclear Weapons around The World in 2011, by Country (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Website (globalzero.org), Amount spent on nuclear weapons around the world in 2011, by country (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/ (last visited January 25, 2022)
