Defense Expenditure

The Two NATOs

When the NATO defense ministers get together in Brussels on Wednesday for a two day meeting, they will also discuss the ever present topic of defense spending. According to NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, more member countries are on track to meet the NATO minimum spending goal of 2 percent of their GDP.

However, NATO's own figures show that the United States remains the defense hegemon within the organization. On the one hand, American defense spending has dropped compared to 2010, but Canada and NATO's European members taken together have not increased their spending in return until 2017.

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This chart shows defense expenditure as share of GDP of the United States and the rest of NATO (in %)

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Average defense expenditure of NATO countries as a share of GDP 2014-2024
Annual real change in defense expenditure among NATO countries 2014-2024
Combined defense expenditure of NATO countries 2014-2024
Defense spending budget in Africa 2023, by country
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Annual real change in defense expenditure in NATO 2024 by country
Combined defence expenditures of NATO countries per capita 2014-2024

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