NATO shortfalls in defence budgets

Twenty-four of NATO’s 29 members are forecast to fall below the alliance’s long-term target of spending 2% of GDP on defence

NATO DEFENCE SPENDING, 2018 estimate (percentage of GDP)

United States 3.50
Greece        2.27
Estonia       2.14
UK            2.10
Latvia        2.00
Poland        1.98
Lithuania     1.96
Romania       1.93
France        1.81
Turkey        1.68
Norway        1.61
Montenegro    1.58
Bulgaria*     1.56
Portugal      1.36
Netherlands   1.35
Croatia       1.30
Germany       1.24 
Canada        1.23 
Denmark       1.21
Slovakia      1.20 
Albania       1.19
Italy         1.15 
Czech Rep.    1.11
Hungary       1.08 
Slovenia      1.01
Spain         0.93 
Belgium       0.93
Luxembourg    0.55


NATO spending target of 2% of GDP

United States $706.1bn
Canada $21.6
UK (second largest after U.S.) $61.5bn
Europe (total) $285.7bn
NATO total spending $1,013bn



Target met
Target not met

Data based on 2010 prices and exchange rates

NATO member Iceland has no standing military force

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Source: NATO estimates *Does not include pensions © GRAPHIC NEWS