Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
Using the most recent SIPRI country-by-country military expenditure totals available as of 2026-06-23 (calendar year 2024), the United States spent about $997 billion, while the next 10 biggest spenders combined spent about $1,032 billion—so the US did not exceed the next 10 combined. The claim can be true under a different cut (for example, SIPRI’s 2023 data shows the US exceeded the other nine countries in the top 10 combined), but that is not what this claim says.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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