Military budget of the United States

## Historical Spending[edit]

The following is historical spending on defense from 1996-2015, spending for 2014-15 is estimated. While data is provided from the 2015 budget, data for 2014 and 2015 is estimated, and thus data is shown for the last year for which definite data exists (2013).[1] The Defense Budget is shown in billions of dollars and total budget in trillions of dollars. The percentage of the total U.S. budget spent on defense is indicated in the third row, and change in defense spending from the previous year in the final row.

|  1990s  |  2000s  |  2010s

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96  |  97  |  98  |  99  |  00  |  01  |  02  |  03  |  04  |  05  |  06  |  07  |  08  |  09  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15
Defense
Budget
(Billions) |  266  |  270  |  271  |  292  |  304  |  335  |  362  |  456  |  491  |  506  |  556  |  625  |  696  |  698  |  721  |  717  |  681  |  610  |  614  |  637
Total
Budget
(Trillions) |  1.58  |  1.64  |  1.69  |  1.78  |  1.82  |  1.96  |  2.09  |  2.27  |  2.41  |  2.58  |  2.78  |  2.86  |  3.32  |  4.08  |  3.48  |  3.51  |  3.58  |  3.48  |  3.64  |  3.97
Defense
Budget % |  16.8  |  16.5  |  16.0  |  16.4  |  16.7  |  17.1  |  17.3  |  20.1  |  20.4  |  19.6  |  20.0  |  21.9  |  20.9  |  17.1  |  20.7  |  20.4  |  19.1  |  17.5  |  16.8  |  16.0
Defense
Spending
Change |  -0.1  |  1.6  |  0.2  |  7.8  |  4.0  |  10.1  |  8.2  |  26.0  |  7.6  |  3.1  |  10.0  |  12.5  |  11.3  |  0.2  |  3.4  |  -0.6  |  -5.0  |  -10.5  |  0.6  |  3.8

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2015 (2015). Retrieved on 2015-01-13.