US Military Spending by Decade

A visual timeline of American military spending and conflicts from the 1940s to today.

1940s

$2132B spent1 conflicts405,399 deaths

1950s

$1589B spent4 conflicts94,794 deaths

1960s

$2176B spent3 conflicts58,268 deaths

1970s

$637B spent2 conflicts58,220 deaths

1980s

$1432B spent2 conflicts42 deaths

1990s

$1121B spent5 conflicts463 deaths

2000s

$5177B spent3 conflicts7,072 deaths

2010s

$6055B spent6 conflicts7,088 deaths

2020s

$4819B spent5 conflicts2,489 deaths