In 2021, nuclear states spent $82.4 billion, or more than $156,000 per minute, on maintaining their nuclear arsenal.. This is 6.4 billion more than in 2020.

This is stated in the report of the International Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons..

Thus, the United States spent the most on maintaining its nuclear arsenal - $ 44.2 billion (84 thousand per minute). China is in second place with $11.7 billion (22 thousand per minute), and Russia is in third with $8.6 billion (16 thousand per minute). The ranking looks like this:.

United Kingdom - $6.8 billion;

France - $5.9 billion;

India - $2.3 billion;

Israel - $1.2 billion;

Pakistan - $1.1 billion;

North Korea - $642 million.