Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: Partly True (72% confidence)
The US does spend dramatically more on its military than any other country, but whether it exceeds the next 10 combined depends on which data source and year you use. SIPRI's 2025 dataset puts US 2024 spending at $997 billion, which does exceed the next 10 combined. But SIPRI's own 2025 estimate for the US is $954 billion, which the Peterson Foundation says exceeds only the next six countries combined — not ten. So the claim is accurate under some data cuts and overstated under others.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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