Iran Press/ America: Defense spending by the United States accounted for nearly 40 percent of military expenditures by countries around the world in 2022, according to recently released figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
U.S. defense spending increased by $71 billion from 2021 to 2022, in part due to military aid sent to support Ukraine in its ongoing conflict, and the United States now spends more on defense than the next ten countries combined (up from outspending the next nine countries combined in 2021).
