The total global military spending in 2020 increased by 2.6% compared to a year ago and the highest level after the financial crisis more than 10 years ago.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in the report announced on April 26, said the global military spending in 2020 was USD 1,980 billion, up 2.6% compared to a year ago, regardless of some

SIPRI's Diego Lopes Leather Silva said that the statistics "surprise" when many countries face the crisis by Covid-19, which made the experts previously identified "military spending will decrease".

"We can confirm that the Covid-19 pandemic does not have a significant impact on global military spending in 2020," said Lopes Da Silva Cough in the statement.

USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier (above) and USS Makin Island Helicopter (Under) Military Military Society on April 9.

In the context of global gross domestic product (GDP) decreased because Covid-19, military spending in the GDP proportion of 2020 reached 2.4%, slightly increased compared to 2.2% in 2019. 5 countries

US military spending was about 778 billion USD in 2020, up 4.4% compared to 2019. With the world's largest defense budget, the US accounts for about 39% of the total global military spending in 2020

This is the third consecutive year of the US increased military spending after 7 years of continuous cuts.

The ratio of military spending of countries in the total global military spending in 2020. Graphic: SIPRI.

China ranked second in the world about military spending in 2020 with 252 billion USD, accounting for 13% of the total global military spending and increased by 1.9% compared to a year earlier.

However, countries like Chile and South Korea transferred a budget to defense according to the previous plan to active with Covid-19.