Global spending on nuclear weapons rose to a record $119 billion in 2025, according to a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
The report says nuclear-armed countries increased their spending by $16.8 billion compared to the previous year.
Who Spends the Most
The report shows that the United States remains the highest spender, with an estimated $69.2 billion, which is more than all other nuclear powers combined.
Other major spenders include:
China: $13.5 billion
United Kingdom: $12.6 billion
Russia: $9.5 billion
France: $7.7 billion.
Smaller nuclear powers also spent money on their arsenals:
India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea spent between $656 million and $2.8 billion.
Total Global Spending
ICAN estimates that nuclear-armed countries have spent about $471 billion over the past five years.
The group criticized the spending, saying it comes at a time when many countries are reducing investment in global priorities like climate change and development.
It also warned that instead of moving toward disarmament, nuclear states are continuing to modernize and expand their weapons systems.
The world’s nine nuclear-armed countries together are believed to possess more than 12,000 nuclear warheads, most of them held by the US and Russia.
Although the United Nations adopted a treaty in 2017 banning nuclear weapons, none of the nuclear-armed states have signed it.
Earlier arms control agreements between the US and Russia have also weakened, with key treaties expiring without replacement.
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