France to reach NATO spending target
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France, one of Europe’s biggest military powers, will reach a NATO spending benchmark of 2% sought by the U.S. this year, but several other European countries - including Germany - still lag far behind
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 NATO DEFENCE SPENDING AS SHARE OF GDP, 2020 estimate

Based on 2015 prices and exchanges rates

U.S 3.87%
Greece 2.58
UK 2.43
Romania 2.38
Estonia 2.38
Latvia 2.32
Poland 2.30
Lithuania 2.28
France 2.11
Norway 2.03
Bulgaria 1.93
Turkey 1.91
Montenegro 1.91
Croatia 1.87
Slovakia 1.86
Portugal 1.63
Germany 1.57
Netherlands 1.48
Denmark 1.47
Albania 1.47
Canada 1.45
Italy 1.43
Czech Rep. 1.43
Hungary 1.33
N. Macedonia 1.27
Slovenia 1.20
Spain 1.16
Belgium 1.10
Luxembourg 0.64
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NATO DEFENCE SPENDING-EUROPE AND CANADA*

Annual real change (%), based on 2015 prices and exchange rates. Estimated figure for 2019 and 2020

-2 0 2 4 6
2013 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

-1.2 -1.0 1.7 2.9 6.0 4.3 3.7 4.3

*Aggregate from 2017 onwards includes Montenegro and from 2020 onwards includes North Macedonia 
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Source: NATO
NATO member Iceland has no armed forces 
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