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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.
All members of Nato are signed up to an agreement to spend the equivalent of 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence per year. In 2023, 11 Nato countries met this pledge, including 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. Methodology
The defence spending of the United States is more than double the defence spending of all other NATO members combined.(Note that this is total U.S. defense spending, not spending specifically for NATO) [19] Criticism of the fact that many member states were not contributing their fair share in accordance with the international agreement by then ...
President Trump has called on NATO allies to increase their defense spending to 5 percent, with only three countries currently meeting the 2 percent threshold, while NATO Secretary General Mark ...
In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence.
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.
Nato chief Mark Rutte echoes incoming US president Donald Trump's call for members to spend more. What is Nato, which countries are members and will they increase defence spending? Skip to main ...