This is stated in the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
“In 2021, military spending in the world for the first time exceeded the $2 trillion mark, reaching $2,113 billion,” the document says.
According to SIPRI, Russia ranked fifth in the world in terms of defense spending with $65.9 billion in 2021.
Earlier, the head of the German Ministry of Finance, Christian Lindner, announced that the German authorities would allocate an additional €2 billion for military spending, most of which would go to help Ukraine.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala supported the appeal of the Ministry of Defense to increase the country's military budget by 1.4 billion crowns (about $63 million).