Britain's leading think tank has released a report analyzing the world's military situation, and defense costs for the entire world in 2020 have increased even as the economy is hit hard by the spread of the new coronavirus infection, in the Japanese yen 193 He pointed out that it reached over trillion yen.
On the 25th, the UK's leading think tank IISS = International Institute for Strategic Studies released the annual report "Military Balance" that analyzed the military power and regional situation of each country in the world.
According to this, defense costs for the entire world in 2020 will increase by 3.9% from the previous year to $ 1.83 trillion, or 193 trillion in Japanese yen, even though the economy will be hit hard by the spread of the new coronavirus infection. It is said that it has reached the yen.
The most common of these was the United States, which accounted for more than 78 trillion yen, accounting for 40% of the total, followed by China, which was more than 20 trillion yen, and Japan, which was the eighth with more than 5 trillion yen. I will.
By region, China and other Asian regions are showing an increasing trend, and defense spending in this region has increased from 17.8% in 2010 to 25% of the world total.
In addition, this time, we will focus on strengthening China's military power, improve the navy's ability to use an artificial island in the South China Sea as a front base, and improve the ability to deploy military power overseas and carry out operations. I will.
On the other hand, in Europe, the defense costs of NATO = members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are on the rise, and the defense costs strongly requested by the former Trump administration in the United States will be increased to 2% or more of GDP = gross domestic product. Only 9 of the 28 European countries have reached their goals.