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The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
All members of Nato are signed up to an agreement to spend the equivalent of 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence per year. In 2023, 11 Nato countries met this pledge, including the ...
NATO in 2025 . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
But even then, the US was spending $801bn a year, and other NATO members about $363bn. [8] Russia's official 2022 military budget is expected to be 4.7 trillion rubles ($75bn), [9] or higher, and about $84bn for 2023, 40% more than initial military budget announced in 2021. [10]
Poland surged to the top of NATO's spending charts this year, with the alliance's latest forecast showing it pouring 3.9% of gross domestic product into military goals, almost twice NATO's current ...
In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence.
Figures for the tables below are provided by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database. They are presented in millions of United States dollars in current prices, converted at the exchange rate for the given year. [1]
NATO said "recent years" referred to the period since 2014, when members of the transatlantic military alliance agreed on a goal of spending 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.