NATO spending in focus at Ankara summit


While allies have met NATO’s previous goal of spending 2% of GDP on defence, the summit in Türkiye will test how far they are willing to go toward a new 5% target by 2035

Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Norway
U.S.
Denmark
Greece
Finland 
Sweden
Netherlands
UK
Türkiye
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
France
Slovakia
Croatia
Montenegro
Slovenia
Albania
Italy
Canada
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
Czechia
N Macedonia
Spain
Lux.


44.3
3.6
1.7
1.5
16.5
980.0
14.3
7.7
8.6
15.2
28.1
90.5
32.6
9.3
2.4
4.8
66.5
3.1
2.0
0.2
1.5
0.6
48.8
43.9
6.4
93.7
13.7
7.2
0.4
35.7
1.3

$ billions†

DEFENCE EXPENDITURE, 2025 (% share of GDP*)

1.15
1.86
0.88
0.97
1.90
1.54
1.46
1.07
1.12
2.14
2.24
3.71
1.45
1.35
1.31
0.86
1.82
0.98
1.81
1.50
0.98
1.33
1.01
1.31
1.16
0.97
0.94
1.09
0.92
0.37
3.5%
01345

New NATO guidelines
2%
Old NATO guidelines

In 2025, NATO leaders responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands by pledging to spend 3.5% of GDP on core defence – such as troops and weapons – and 1.5% on broader defence-related measures such as cybersecurity

1.13
2.01
4.48
4.00
3.73
3.22
2.85
2.77
2.51
2.49
2.40
2.33
2.28
2.06
2.06
2.05
2.04
2.03
2.03
2.02
2.01
2.01
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
3.38
3.35
3.22

2025
2014

*Based on 2021 prices
†Current prices and exchange rates

Germany's 2025 figure corresponds to 2024 data.
Iceland, which does not have armed forces, excluded from list
Source: NATO
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