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What percentage of US budget is military?

What percentage of US budget is military?

Defense spending accounts for more than 10 percent of all federal spending and nearly half of discretionary spending. Total discretionary spending — for both defense and nondefense purposes — is typically only about one-third of the annual federal budget.

How big is the US military budget 2020?

For Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020), the Department of Defense’s budget authority is approximately $721.5 billion ($721,531,000,000). Approximately $712.6 billion is discretionary spending with approximately $8.9 billion in mandatory spending.

How big is the US military Fund?

Estimated U.S. military spending is $934 billion. It covers the period October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. 1 Military spending is the second-largest item in the federal budget after Social Security.

How big is the US military budget compared to other countries?

The U.S. outpaces all other nations in military expenditures. World military spending totaled more than $1.6 trillion in 2015. The U.S. accounted for 37 percent of the total. U.S. military expenditures are roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.

What was the military budget in 2021?

$703.7 billion
The FY 2022 President’s Budget request of $715 billion when compared to the FY 2021 enacted amount of $703.7 billion, reflects a 1.6% increase.

How much does the military cost per day?

Congress and the Trump administration agreed to spend $746 billion on wars and the military for the fiscal year running through September 2020. That is nearly three-quarters of a trillion dollars. More than $2 billion every day. More than $1 million every minute.

Who spends the most on military?

United States
Countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic Military spending in billion U.S. dollars
United States 778
China* 252
India 72.9
Russia 61.7

What is the United States military budget?

U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2019 was $731.75B, a 7.22% increase from 2018. U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2018 was $682.49B, a 5.53% increase from 2017.

What is the budget of the US Army?

U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2018 was $648.80B , a 7.1% increase from 2017. U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2017 was $605.80B, a 0.95% increase from 2016. U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2016 was $600.11B, a 0.67% increase from 2015.

How much is the military budget?

At $730 billion in 2019, military spending accounted for more than 53 percent of the federal discretionary budget – the budget that Congress sets each year during its annual appropriations process.

What is defense budget?

United States Department of Defense budgetUS$530.1 billion (2010)US$549.1 billion (2011)US$553.0 billion (est. 2012)US$496.1 billion (2015)US$534.3 billion (base FY2016)