After the Cold War, the maximum number of military expenditures in the world of two poles was in 2017. That year, the world has purchased weapons worth $ 1,739 billion. From 1999 to 2011, the expenditure on military expenditure was seen in this 12 years, but the expenses from 2012 to 2016 were low. But suddenly the countries started to increase the expenditures since 2017.
Sweden-based International Institute of Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Sipri said in a report. According to the report released on Wednesday, military spending in 2017 was $ 1.27 billion, which is 1.1 percent more than the previous year, 2016. And at the top of the country-wide cost, Donald Trump's United States After that China Third-country country is a bit surprising. Saudi Arabia has been through many reforms in the United States and China.
The SIPRI report says the United States has spent most of the military sector. Donald Trump's country has 35 percent of the world's military expenditure. Last year, their expenditure was 61 billion US dollars. From the second to the eighth place in the list, the United States alone has spent more than combined spending. The research firm said that this year the United States has been increasingly spending significant military expenditure.
Best China to increase military spending in 2017 compared to 2016 China's second position has spent 22 million and 800 million US dollars last year. According to the SIPRI, China has accounted for 13 percent of total military expenditures in 2008. But the country doubled the expenditure in this sector in 2017.
The third position in the military expenditure list is a little surprising. Because of the defeat of Russia, the third place in the country, Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia Last year, the country spent $ 6,940 million to buy weapons.
Russia's military spending has decreased last year. The reduction rate is 20 percent. Last year Putin's Russia spent 6,630 million US dollars It is said that due to the restrictions on Russia, the country's expenditure has reduced in the military sector.
The next countries of Russia are India, France, Britain, Japan, Germany and South Korea.
India has spent $ 639 billion in military spending in 2017. France spent 5.78 billion US dollars in this sector. Britain spent 4.77 billion US dollars in the military sector. Japan's military spending is 4,540 million US dollars 4,443 million US dollars; Germany and the South Korean expenditure at the end of the top ten - 3,992 billion US dollars in this sector. Countries from 11 to 15 are Brazil, Italy, Australia, Canada and Turkey.
Based on the cost of military spending, the top 15 countries in the year 2016 were also in the top 15 in 2016.