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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) The annual summit last week and almost all members of the defensive commitment exaggerated expenditure of defense more than they agreed to approve.
In 2014, the Members of the NATO have agreed to have agreed to spend at least 2% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to ensure all Alliance members are sufficient to fulfill NATO Collect defense Responsibilities. The 2% threshold should be reached by 2024 and came as a response to Russian initial advancement in Ukraine in 2014.
At the meeting last week, almost all of the members of the NATO have agreed to raise their defense targets in 535, with the defense deployment, which has been in the new threshold, which can be achieved with the military requirements for NATO by spending 60% of GDP.
Although not all of NATO members meet the original 2% threshold for defense to spend as a percentage of GDP last year 2024, a record number. In all but one of NATO members agree with the new 5% threshold over the next decade, financial accusation of defense has strengthened defense.
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Here are the first five countries with the highest defense expenditure as a percentage of GDP, according to the data that NATO released for 2024:
# 5) Greece
The Greece’s spending the military Reached 3.08% of GDP in 2024, based on the estimated NATO numbers from last year.
Greek’s defense budget has been over 2% threshold per year since 2014 and reached a recent upper 3.88% before 323, before rebound last year.
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# 4) Latvia
Latvia defense expenditure costs for 3.15% of GDP in Baltic Nation in 2024, according to NATO numbers.
The country produces a significant measure of expenditure in the last decade, because it is only 0.94% of GDP in 2014 and then exceeded 2% threshold in 2018.
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# 3) United States of America
US defense spending is 3.38% of GDP in 2024, based on NATO numbers. America’s defense expenditure has become more than 3% since Nato plays 2% threshold in 2014, if it is at 3.71%.
In terms of dollars, the US spends most of the defense of NATO members. The Alliance report from last year showed the US spending $ 967 billion in defense and related spending of 2024, while the next closest Germany was Germany at $ 97 billion (or 2.12% of GDP GDP).
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# 2) Estonia
Estonia’s defense expenditure stood 3.43% of GDP in 2024, the highest level of at least one decade, per NATO report.
The Baltic Nations below only 2% threshold of time the 2014 commitment was approved, but met the threshold next year and moved over 3% for the first time in time to track.
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# 1) Poland
Polish defense spending As a part of GDP is the highest of NATO members in 2024, who reaches 4.12% of GDP.
Polish defense expenditure is in 1.88% of GDP in 2014 but easily transferred to the above 2% threshold next year and to go to 3.26% before rising additional years.
