Global governmental spending on space programs of leading countries 2024| ��ƽ��

Government expenditure on space programs in 2022 and 2024, by major country (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	2021	2022	2023	2024
United States	54.59	61.97	73.2	79.68
China	10.29	11.94	14.15	19.89
Japan	4.21	4.9	4.65	6.8
Russia	3.57	3.42	3.41	3.96
France*	3.95	4.2	3.47	3.71
European Union*	2.57	2.6	2.81	2.98
Germany*	2.38	2.53	2.29	2.78
Italy*	1.48	1.74	2.11	2.65
India	1.96	1.93	1.69	1.89
United Kingdom	1.46	1.15	1.45	1.46
South Korea	0.68	0.72	0.73	1.03

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January 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021 and 2024

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Ranking based on countries with a budget of at least ten million U.S. dollars.

Supplementary notes

Figures from 2024 were taken from a previous edition of the report.
Values have been rounded.

* Budgets indicated for European countries include their contributions to ESA and Eumetsat.

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In 2024, global government expenditure for space programs hit a record of approximately 135 billion U.S. dollars. The United States Government spent around 79.7 billion U.S. dollars on its space programs in that year, making it the country with the highest space expenditure in the world. The U.S. was followed by China, with government expenditure on space programs of over 19 billion U.S. dollars.

The Space Agencies

Responsible for civilian space programs as well as space research and exploration, the space agencies have gained in importance over the past decades. Today, there are six government space agencies (NASA, CNSA, ROSCOSMOS, ESA, ISRO, and JAXA) with full launch and extraterrestrial landing capabilities. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is undoubtedly the most renowned of them all. Since its establishment in 1958, NASA has worked with international partners to enable human expansion across the solar system and beyond, bringing new knowledge and opportunities back to our home planet. It is therefore not surprising that most of their budget goes toward science and exploration. NASA’s requested FY 2024 budget for all sectors is 27.2 billion U.S. dollars.