NATO countries spending as a percentage of GDP

NATO countries spending as a percentage of GDP Last Modified: 18-Feb-2017 10:01 PM
  • 28
    Number of countries that are part of the NATO alliance.
  • 2%
    Percentage of GDP that member countries are supposed to spend on NATO defense based on a guideline that was adopted in 2014.
  • 5
    member countries - U.S., Greece, Poland, Estonia and the U.K. - meet the target.
  • 23
    member countries including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Portugal, Spain, do not meet the target. Here are the spends as a percentage of GDP of the top 10 (remember, target is 2):
  • 3.61
    U.S.
  • 2.38
    Greece
  • 2.21
    U.K.
  • 2.16
    Estonia
  • 2.00
    Poland
  • 1.78
    France
  • 1.56
    Turkey
  • 1.19
    Germany
  • 1.1
    Italy
  • 0.99
    Canada
Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Nations & Politics
Tags NATO Defense Spending NATO
Source CNN Money