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The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence.
NATO estimates showed Poland was set to lead the alliance in defense spending as a percentage of GDP in 2024, with Warsaw investing more than 4% of its economic output on defense. Estonia and the ...
Military expenditure of the world from 1950 to 2022 in constant 2021 US$ billions. This is a list of countries by past military expenditure, starting 1987.
The UAE, for which recent data is not available, has also spent historically large amounts of money on the military on a per capita basis. The UAE had a per capita spending of $2470 per person back in 2014, making it the second highest spender in that year just after Saudi Arabia, [ 1 ] but by 2020 that number had fallen to $2204.
In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence. ... Defence spending: How Nato countries compare. Ian Jones, PA. April 10, 2024 at 4:16 AM.
During his first term as US president, Trump persuaded many Nato members to ramp up defence spending. In 2018 he said that all countries in the alliance should be spending 4% of GDP .
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]