{"id":9652,"date":"2021-04-26T19:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=9652"},"modified":"2021-04-26T19:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:02:23","slug":"global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/04\/26\/global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Global military spending hits highest level since 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The global military expenditure has hit its highest level since 1988 with nearly $2 trillion in 2020,\u00a0according\u00a0to an international survey on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Total military spending rose 2.6% from the previous year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said.<\/p>\n<p>Military spending as a share of GDP \u2013 the military burden \u2013 reached a global average of 2.4% in 2020, up from 2.2% in 2019. This was the biggest year-on-year rise in the military burden since the global financial and economic crisis in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9654\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988-rapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988-rapidnews\" width=\"863\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988-rapidnews.jpg 863w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988-rapidnews-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Global-military-spending-hits-highest-level-since-1988-rapidnews-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diego Lopes da Silva, a 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2.5%, and the UK 2.9%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina stands out as the only major spender in the world not to increase its military burden in 2020 despite increasing its military expenditure, because of its positive GDP growth last year,\u201d said Nan Tian, a senior SIPRI researcher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postmeta\">\n<div class=\"article-share\">\n<div class=\"fb-save fb_iframe_widget\" data-uri=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thenationdaily\/\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global military expenditure has hit its highest level since 1988 with nearly $2 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