Talk:List of countries with highest military expenditures
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Australia's defence expenditure
edit$34.6 billion in 2017–18. https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-releases/budget-2017-18-defence-budget-overview The Government will provide Defence with $31.9 billion in 2015–16 and $132.6 billion over the Forward Estimates. http://www.defence.gov.au/Budget/15-16/
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editPPP Adjustment?
editMilitary budgets are more meaningful when you adjust for purchasing power parity, since purchasing power meaningfully alters how much military a budget buys you. Would it be appropriate to add a PPP adjusted table for users looking to compare trends in military procurement or arms buildup? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2025-37794-31 (talk) 03:19, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
United States figure
editDoes the figure for the United States lump together spending on the United States Department of Defense and the United States Department of Homeland Security? A figure I just saw in the New York Times for fiscal 2026 indicated this year's US defense budget would be under $850,000,000,000?Amyzex (talk) 23:20, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
Adulteration of tables with data from unreliable source
editA series of edits on 13 June 2026 altered tables to add data from an additional source, the effect of which is to add North Korea to the table at No. 2. This is seriously misleading, as the visibly credited source for the tables makes no such claim. The claimed figures suggest military expenditure of more than ten times North Korea's GDP, and the ultimate source (the Global Peace Index) is described in its own Wikipedia page as being criticised for unclear methodology in producing its figures.
I'm not a regular editor and don't feel confident undoing this series of edits. I will note that the editor in question has a history of contentious edits mentioned on their talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-34814-30 (talk) 12:31, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- north Korea is not mentioned on SIPRI. Just use one source or it is misleading. Shadow4dark (talk) 14:57, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- Apologies for not noticing that the numbers do not pass the sanity test. Off and running (talk) 16:53, 14 June 2026 (UTC)