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4 2000–2009. 5 2010–2019. 6 2020–2023. ... 2020 2021 2022 ... List of countries by military expenditure per capita; References
The second list is based on the 2024 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates. [2] The third list is a user-generated list of the highest military budgets of the current year, compiled from various sources.
This list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for the year 2020. As of 2021, the top five per capita spenders are Qatar (~$3955), Israel (~$2770), United States (~$2405), Kuwait (~$2085) and Singapore (~$1885). All five countries have increased their spending since the previous year (2020).
As of October 1, 2009, the per diem rate is $59 per day, and they may deduct 80% of this amount from their taxable income. [ 13 ] Due to the large number of away games and associated travel days in American sports, per diem rates are often major components in collective bargaining agreements between leagues and their players' unions.
The share of total expenditure, the average defence spending was 2.5 % in 2021 in the EU and 2.4% in the euro area. As a share of GDP the average was 1.3% in the EU and in the euro area. [1] Total defence expenditure of the European Defence Agency (EDA) Member States was €279 billion in 2023, which was 1.6% of the 27 EDA Member States’ GDP. [2]
Trump v. Sierra Club was accepted by the United States Supreme Court to be heard during the 2020-21 term. [11] In January 2021, Joe Biden became President of the United States. In July 2021, the Supreme Court granted the government's request and remanded the case to the Ninth Circuit Court to direct the District Court to vacate its judgments.
The fiscal year 2010 president's budget request for a 2.9% military pay raise was consistent with this formula. However, Congress, in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 approved the pay raise as the ECI increase plus 0.5%. The 2007 pay raise was equal to the ECI. A military pay raise larger than the permanent formula is not uncommon.
This is China's largest defense budget raise in three years. [9] 2019: the budget was announced to be 1.19 trillion yuan, which is an increase of 7.5%. 2020: the budget was announced to increase by 6.6% this year to 1.27 trillion yuan (US$178 billion). [10] 2021: the budget was announced to be 1.35 trillion yuan (US$209 billion), an increase of ...