Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: True (90% confidence)
Using SIPRI’s latest annual update (released April 27, 2026), the United States’ military expenditure is shown as larger than the combined total of the next 10 highest-spending countries in the same year. The statement is also consistent with SIPRI’s 2024 figures and SIPRI’s own Yearbook summary language for 2023 (where the US exceeded the combined spending of the other countries in the top 10).
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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