Berlin, 9 March Defense spending in Germany increased between 1991 and 2021, with current prices, below the average, by 35.8%, from 28.5 billion euros to 38.7 billion euros, and in turn practically reduced by half, from 3.9% to 2.1%, compared to total public spending. According to the results of the national balance sheet, total public spending increased in the same period with greater strength, 149.5 percent, from 736,900 million euros to 1,838 billion, according to data released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). At the same time, public revenues grew by 148.5%, from €686.3 billion to €1.706 trillion. This nominal increase of 35.8% in defense spending was the second weakest increase of all areas of public action in this period; Thus, only goods dedicated to housing and municipal facilities recorded an even lower increase of 15.3%. The largest increase in public spending occurred in the health sector, which between 1991 and 2021 grew by 244.7%, with a very significant increase in the last two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. After health, the areas that recorded the largest increase in public spending were public order and security -169.3%- and education -169.2%. Between 1991 and 2021, the share of defense spending in total public spending nearly halved, from 3.9% to 2.1%, roughly matching spending on recreation, sport, culture and religion, which rose from 2.3% to 2.1%. The largest expenditure was on social welfare, which rose from 38.4% in 1991 to 41.1% in 2021. In 2020, Germany’s share of defense spending to total public spending was, at 20.2%, behind the European Union. (EU). average, which is 2.5%. Latvia is the country that allocates the most to defense, with 5.9% of total public spending, and France also exceeds the community average, with 3.1%, while Ireland is the lowest, with 0.9%. Outside the EU, defense spending in the UK in 2020 and the US in 2019 was well above the EU average of 4.1% and 8.8%, respectively. EFE eg/jam/jac