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Pew Research Center's 2016 survey among its member states showed that while most countries viewed NATO positively, most NATO members preferred keeping their military spending the same. The response to whether their country should militarily aid another NATO country if it were to get into a serious military conflict with Russia was also mixed.
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
United States and NATO (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Member states of NATO" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
On 17 June 2024, prior to the 2024 Washington summit, Stoltenberg updated that figure and announced that a record 23 of 32 NATO member states were meeting their defense spending targets of 2% of their country's GDP. [163] [164] NATO added that defense spending for European member states and Canada was up 18% in the past year alone. [163] [164]
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As of January 2025, three states have formally expressed their desire to join NATO. Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only country with a Membership Action Plan, which together with Georgia, were named NATO "aspirant countries" at the North Atlantic Council meeting on 7 December 2011. [135]
The two Scandinavian countries see Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a warning sign — Finland shares an 800-mile border with Russia — and have determined to abandon decades of strategic ...
Main contributing countries to the NATO budget Country Country's contribution as a % of the total NATO budget for 2016 and 2017 % of GDP (est. year 2016) France 10.6339 1.78 United States 22.1446 3.61 United Kingdom 9.8485 2.21 Germany 14.6500 1.19 Italy 8.4109 1.11 The Netherlands 3.1804 1.17 Canada 6.6092 0.99