Studies: Global military expenses increase by 2.6%in the top two in the United States

(New Dharma New Dian) research shows that although the crown disease epidemic has reduced the global GDP last year by 4.4%, global military expenses still increased by 2.6%.

A report released by the Institute of International Peace, Sweden on the 26th that global military expenditure in 2020 increased to US $ 1.981 trillion (S $ 2.63 trillion).

"Military burden"

One of the writers Dalva said that the military expenses did not decrease."Because of the popularity of diseases, people generally think that military expenditures will be reduced. It is certain that at least in 2020, crown diseases have not had a significant impact on global military expenditures."

The continued increase in military expenses means that many countries will have "military burdens", that is, the increase in military expenditure in GDP.This proportion of the world rose from 2.2 % in the previous year to 2.4 %, the largest since the financial crisis in 2009.

According to the report, the two countries with the largest military expenditure last year are the United States and China.The United States accounts for 39%of total global expenditure and 13%of China.

China's military expenditure has increased for 26 consecutive years with the economic growth of the national economic growth, and it is estimated that it reached $ 252 billion in 2020. After seven years of cutting from 2010 to 2017, the United States increased from 2018 to 2020 for three consecutive years.The US military expenditure increased from US $ 745.2 billion in 2019 to US $ 778 billion in 2020, an increase of 4.4%.

Another writer of the report, Maxtanna, said: "(the United States increases military expenses) reflects the increasingly anxious threat of the United States to strategic opponents such as China and Russia, and the Trump administration to strengthen the U.S. military that it considers the resources that has been regarded as full of resources.He pointed out that there were no signs that the Bayeng government would reduce military expenditure.

Some countries such as Chile and South Korea have stated that they will re -assign military expenses in order to better cope with crown disease.Dalva said that other countries such as Brazil and Russia did not say that they would re -assign military expenses due to the epidemic, but their expenses last year were much lower than the original budget.