Year Spending 1946 $556.9 1947 52.4 1948 103.9 1949 144.2 1950 141.2 1951 224.3 1952 402.1 1953 442.3 1954 420.9 1955 376.9 1956 356.2 1957 $360.9 1958 352.9 1959 352.5 1960 344.3 1961 344.0 1962 363.4 1963 368.0 1964 364.4 1965 333.1 1966 356.2 1967 412.0 1968 $449.3 1969 438.1 1970 406.3 1971 370.6 1972 343.8 1973 313.3 1974 299.7 1975 293.3 1976 283.8 1977 286.2 1978 286.5 1979 $295.6 1980 303.4 1981 317.4 1982 339.4 1983 366.7 1984 381.7 1985 405.4 1986 426.6 1987 427.9 1988 426.4 1989 427.7 1990 $409.7 1991 358.1 1992 379.5 1993 358.6 1994 338.6 1995 321.6 1996 307.4 1997 305.3 1998 296.7 1999 298.4 2000 311.7 2001 $307.8 2002 328.7 2003 404.91 2004 455.91 2005 495.31,2 2006 535.91,2 2007 527.41,2 2008 494.41,2 2009 494.31,2

1. Figures do not include expenses for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

2. Figures based on requested defense budget or projections, not actual spending.

Source: Center for Defense Information.

See also Largest Military Expenditures (World).