This video ranks the top 15 countries in the world by military spending per year from 1914 to 2018. Spending is calculated in US dollars and is not adjusted for inflation. Credits: Music: Kevin Macleod Data: ourworldindata
You didn’t account for inflation or other various economic factors in your equation. A more accurate summarization of American spending throughout two centuries is what percent of the US budget was taken up by military, and also account for what percent of the US GNP was taxed, as pre-1913 the US was radically laissez-faire. I guarantee it’s radically less than 700 billion. In fact the United States military budget when accounting for discretionary and mandatory spending by Congress is about 15% of the budget, about 49% goes to Social Security and health and human services. So you’re right simply because the US was radically laissez-faire economics, Government outlays accounted for 2% of GNP back in it’s proto-european growth, but only by technicality because we didn’t spend much even on health and human services.
@@chrismoderate3495 this has to be innacurate. Trump signed a 2trillion dollar bill. Since the USA is not supposed to have a standing military budgets are assigned every two years. Under Obama I thought it was 600billion for two years. So, i wonder where the numbers are coming from
No kidding. For many years, in the naughties* the USA spent more on its military than the next 10 countries combined. There is no way it should be spending 3-4 times as much per capita as the NATO average. * 2000-2009
@@viveleroi4214 It actually was real, Hitler tried to stage a coup in the exact same year which worried the government pretty hard that more people would try something similar.
Hitler's coup was tiny and had nothing to do with why they increased the budget. Real reason why they increased it was to prevent the communists from launching a coup since they were considered the real threat in 1923.
@@Tupadre97 Did you read my comment? I said that other people (not only fascists, but also communists or other parametritis) might get "inspired" by his actions and do the same. It was pretty standard in the opening years of the Weimar Republic, but 1923 was rougher than most of the years before.
Imagine it as a class room of students. I’m sure they are the most naughty ones. Others are like... can we all sit down and continue with this chemistry 101 now?
@@jis87BE Tf? Germany was a horrible country but now they are very peaceful and are treating their poor people well. Or more well than usa Btw the way ww2 is teached in germany is very true. They dont hide any thing. In school they have to go to one of those camps so that this will always be remembered and will never be again. Oh and look at the story. Then you'll see. Most germans didn't know what was happening back then.
Top ten single year increases in budget: 10: 2001: Thailand has 640% growth 9: 1854: Britain has 702% growth. 8: 1990: Kuwait has 720% growth 7: 1918: US has 814% growth 6: 1949: China has 849% growth 5: 1921: Poland has 855% growth 4: 1876: Iran has 887% growth 3: 1941: New Zealand has 1050% growth 2: 1861: US has 1211% growth 1: 1923: Germany has 2937% growth
I know it’s cool and trendy to hate America, but in reality, America has the best technology, science, and education. Everyone from all over the world comes to America the most for opportunity. Sure, there are some problems, but everyone has those.
@@Dan-xn1vl I agree with you, I was just pointing this out to dispel the myth that the US military somehow prevents Americans from having other things when in reality the US spends more on those then the military.
@@Dan-xn1vl Canada (as well as most of the developed world) has better education than the US. Multiple European countries have better Healthcare. Idk about science but I imagine its the same.
@@nocturnalrecluse1216 i think either in a near or far future humanity will have a great war (nuclear or something). Plus America is not going to last for milleniums either
@@GianoAMPiano if no coward russia from behind germany could shit their pants .we could go and invide russia with germany hitler spoke our prime minister Bek but he refused so Germany invaded poland and than 2 weeks later russia invaded poland. short lesson of history...cheers
@@tano1670 it is VERY funny. :) and we should end Drunks Koala whole career. but maybe he meant it was funny, but couldnt express himself, eating too much eukalyptus
You say that, but rapidly increasing demand for military manufacturing is what pulled the US out of the Great Depression. An increase in demand means an increase in jobs, which means less unemployment.
Small bits of the Military Budget cut into Space Exploration. The military budget cuts into a lot of things people don’t know about like the innovation sector. GPS was invented by the Military along with basic things such as super glue and duct tape. It’s so big that it basically is just a compilation of really varied budgets + Airforce + Army + Marines + Navy. And majority of the time those 4 larger military branches still cut into those branches and invent new things and do more than what people think. Them thinking of course it’s all just military equipment and weapons which is simply not the case.
1991 : USSR became Russia : I give up. I can't follow you anymore USA : I don't care, I have to spend more and more, there are so much countries who "needs democracy (representative republic)" !
Vlad P. I know what he said, but that argument doesn’t make sense bro.... Why would we just give up when we finally had complete control? Did Rome give up when it completely controlled The Mediterranean? No.... and they still were defeated eventually
@@DillonRust, Just like you will, and tbh you're pretty much asking for it. Superpowers come and go, and the US reached its peak a long time ago. China's turn now.
In 1988 U.S.A.: Hey, want to race? Russia: For the motherlan- In 1989: U.S.A.: *Y E E T* In 2020: U.S.A.: Little Did they know, I'm not stopping even when the race is over ;)
The reason France had such a high military budget is because for most of history it was politically isolated, and historically France was usually the country fighting coalitions, not Germany. The 20th century was basically a major change in world politics.
João Aurilio you said the US barely existed when it wasn’t a chart. I know when it was a country and when it was off the chart it was 1910. That means the US would’ve been a country for 100 years when that happened
@@DeutscherPatrick from drinking the "miracle drug" Mercury to using ICBMs to send people and machines to space, i say stupidity had paved the way to progress
They were the 3 dominant countries of Europe in the past (minus the Ottoman, Mongolian, and Roman Empires) and still are the dominance of today's Europe. (with China)
@Benjamin Witz Idkw, iv read that they buy $2000 coffee mugs and several hundred $ worth of toilet seats in USAF, also that F 35 helmet costs $300 000 each Must be one hell of a helmet : D
Benjamin Witz I assume it has bunch of high tech gadgets like prostate exam built in , but deep down im pretty certain that its just regular ol' toilet just overpriced by paper pushers in Pentagon : x
@leo mano the only country that could beat Spain was Spain? You mean except Great Britain who kicked your ass all over the world and destroyed your 'mighty' armada?? You do make me chuckle Spain is an bit player in even solely European military terms. Cute
US spent 7 trillion dollars on war in Middle East and killed about 1.5 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria but lost the game to Iran and they are not even in top 20
@@aydenlui Thing is, China has more purchasing power in PPP than in nominal. Nominally this is low, but PPP, the Chinese spending could just be as much closer to US spending as Chinese troops and equipments are paid lower than its US counterparts.
@@Aureola0901 locally yes. And since many if not all of their weapons are locally made, they could buy more of it than the US. Even solider pay is Prolly much lower than in the US.
When Germany joins the chat again, world will leave the chat. And let me just tell you that Russia isn't strong enough to stop any imperial Europeans anymore.
I love how you can clearly see the way military expenditure goes through growth and decline in relation to conflict and political changes. Some of these include: the Crimean War (Russia, Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire), American Civil War, Franco-Prussian War, Scramble for Africa, Boer War, Russian Revolution, the World Wars, decolonization, and America's Southeast Asia/Middle East adventures.
Lol study a little more. Italy after WWII was basically full of money because of Marshall Plan, and it keep growin' until becoming 4th more powerful country in the world in 1987.
@Alistair Bolden The US still has a large amount of infantry. There is no moving away from infantry, that's just nonsense. We haven't gotten a new tank because we upgrade old ones. While the US does invest a lot in air superiority, it invests in a lot of categories.
@Karl Berg what do you mean? 19th century was civil war after civil war in Mexico, also invaded by the US and by France twice and the Spanish tried to reconquer it too.
1946: "Hey, you think we can maybe cut back on Military Spending now and build some roads?" U.S: "Yeah that's probably a good idea." 2000s: "Hey, you think we can-" U.S: "SILENCE!!!"
It would make more sense to portray this as military spending as a % of each country's GDP, to truly show their motivations. It will be warped if it's just 'total spending' as richer nations are bound to spend a lot more.
That's the thing. Russia is spending more than U.S in 1980's but that's shooting itself in the foot economically because it's significantly higher part of GDP than Americas spending is.
Why do you think rich nations should spend more in absolute no.'s . US is 3rd in population by a large margin and 1st in millitary spendings by large margin.why should a nation with lower population spend more than otherd. It just showa US loves wars .
As an Aussie I think it’s hilarious that we ever got on this graph and that we reached 12th. “wanna invade, mate? Yeah sure, bring some beers will ya?’
@@bucuros_EU Nobody finds death funny you dumb dumb, It's funny the fact that Germany has been in all major wars, so Alper is simply making a joke about it. You must be a fun person
@Get Ass US was helping the south try to make the north a capitalist wasteland. Capitalism is one of the worst fates that can befall a nation. Take it from a Russian.
3:43 Germany: All according to plan. With this level of funding, the world is within our grasp. 3:46 Japan: Hey, Germany! We just attacked America. 3:50 Germany: ...
@Yyyy U gay nah its coz of our Allies. And because Hitler gone crazy. But what im expecting other countries are making things up especially in ww2 to look "better" But its better we lost. Still its mostly our allies and Hitler "illness" fault
@@willkielm2077 Let the people in those nations over throw their dictator ships. The middle east would be better off if we let Sandam take over Arabia. Less terrorism.
Blue Son of Man LOL SADDAM HUSSEIN TAKE OVER ARABIA. Yeah that’s right. Destroy our oil revenue, destroy our stock market, and let Russians control our primary petroleum sources. Go back to Kremlin, communist.
@@huseyinfurkankardiyen2104 That is true. But when you account for planes, ships, submarines, helicopters, and military personnel pay (especially considering whenever a US member gets deployed their pay raises so much more) it all kind of evens out imo.
Germany being a thing, before Germany was even a unified country. Also, during the 1850's, America was a unified country, fighting it self, the CSA wasn't a thing apparently.
Europe just had more ressources and was more powerful. If east asia and the middle-east were more powerful during the 19th century, they would have been higher.
@@MrGrim15 just because the u.s kills civilians, they do it by accident. What would be worst, killing some while saving most, or having them all dead and hold more power? U.S is single-handedly saving the world from communism
USA since 1945: "But sir, we're not at war. We don't need this kind of budget." "In that case, pick a fight with someone so the cash keeps rolling in."
You mean that time we invaded North Korea after they, uh...did...something to us? They must have done something to us or we wouldn't have invaded them, right? Oh yeah, and you remember that time Vietnam attacked us? No? But the big enemy was the Soviet Union, who inva-... no, bom-...no, had a different economic system than we did. Those bastards! We need eleventy jillion dollars so we can invade North Korea, invade Vietnam, and flex in front of the Soviets or we're all gonna DIIIIEEEE!!!!! Reality: We haven't been attacked by another country since Pearl Harbor, and we haven't been invaded since the War of 1812. Everything else, we either fought ourselves or went out looking for trouble.
