NATO defensive spending strikes a landmark, as it is expected that all members will reach a 3 % local product goal

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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) The annual defensive spending report recently issued the amount of money spent by the members of the Mutual Security Alliance on their defense and which meets their obligations.

In 2014, heads of state and government are committed to all NATO member states to spend at least 2 % of their GDP (GDP) to defense to enhance the military readiness of the coalition amid the inclusion of illegal Crimea from Crimea from Ukraine and instability in the Middle East. The guideline principle of 2 % is based on a previous commitment in 2006 submitted by NATO defense members.

At the time of 2014 pledge, only three members of NATO – the United States, the United Kingdom and Greece – were 2 %. This figure rose to nine by 2020, and it decreased to six in 2021, but it recovered to seven in 2022 after that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After that, it reaches 10 in 2023, and 2024 witnessed 23 of 32 member states, including newly certified members in Finland and Sweden, meeting with the threshold.

The latest NATO data shows that it is expected that all 32 coalition members will fulfill the obligation of spending by 2 % in 2025, based on the estimated defense spending numbers and economic growth used in the numbers of 2024 and 2025. It represents the first time since the creation of the spending goal that all members were in compliance.

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All NATO members are expected to spend 2 % of GDP for defense in 2025 for the first time. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images / Getty Images)

Earlier this year, almost all NATO members agreed to a new goal Spend 5 % of GDP on Defense By 2035-a number determines the target of spending 3.5 % of GDP on the basic defense requirements to achieve NATO goals, with the rest of defense spending and other security. The only country to cancel the subscription was Spain, which it said could meet its military requirements by spending only 2.1 % of GDP.

Below is a look at the amount of what NATO says that member states can spend on defense this year, as well as when member states meet with the original 2 % threshold.

(Note: The latest NATO data does not include Defense spending for Germany The levels, although the country reached a threshold of 2 % last year and plans to increase spending in the coming years. It also excludes Iceland, which does not have a defense budget but contributes in other ways.)

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Spend 2 % since 2023 or before

United States – more than 3 % since 2014 at least
UK – more than 2 % since 2014 at least
Greece – more than 2 % since 2014 at least
Estonia – more than 2 % since 2015
Latvia – more than 2 % since 2018
Lithuania – more than 2 % since 2019
Poland – more than 2 % since 2020
Finland – more than 2 % since 2023 (sincerely as a member of NATO in 2023)
Denmark – more than 2 % since 2023
Hungary – more than 2 % since 2023

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He exceeded 2 % in 2024

Albania
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Black Mountain
Holland
North Macedonia
Norway
Romania
Sweden (sincerely as a member of NATO in 2024)
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Tanks and helicopters participate in the US -led immediate military response “near Zantei, Greece, in June 2025. (Reuters / Louisa Juliamaki / Reuters)