the report notes that this increase is due primarily to the increase in military spending in the United States, which traditionally ranks first in the world on this indicator. So, in 2019 the cost of Washington’s national security and defense grew by 5.3% and amounted to 732 billion dollars. Overall, the share of Washington accounted for 38% of world expenditure on arms purchases.
In the second place surely goes China, which, according to experts, for 25 years, continuously increasing its defense budget. For example, from 2010 to 2019 investment, Beijing’s defense rose 85%. During the past year military spending of China jumped 5.1% to 261 billion dollars.
On the third place in the world on this indicator came from India, where costs rose by 6.8% – the largest increase of the five leading countries for the procurement of weapons. New Delhi in 2019 invested in defense of 71.1 billion dollars, especially in light of the confrontation and rivalry with Pakistan and China, noted in SIPRI.
Russia, according to the Stockholm Institute, ranked fourth in the world in terms of military spending in 2019 with a cost of $ 65,1 billion dollars (growth on 4,5%).
the top five leaders of Saudi Arabia, who spent 61,9 billion dollars. While the military budget Riyadh have declined sharply, from 16%.
it is Noteworthy that a significant increase in military spending recorded in Europe. Most in this regard was Germany, having increased its investment in the purchase of arms from 10% to 49.3 billion dollars. Almost did not depart from Germany as a percentage of Ukraine: the military budget of Kyiv in 2019 increased by 9.3% and amounted to 5.2 billion dollars.
a Total 29 countries-members of NATO spent last year on the military more than a trillion dollars, which is almost 50% of the world index.
