Europe Steps Up Defense Spending

NATO members’ defense spending as a share of GDP

An arrow chart of NATO defense spending as a share of GDP, showing all European NATO members increasing defense spending since 2016 and now meeting the 2% guideline

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Notes: Numbers for 2025 are estimates as of June 2025. Numbers for Germany use the 2024 value because the 2025 value was not available. Germany has made a political commitment to spend at least 2% of GDP on defense and plans to reach the 3.5% NATO guideline by the end of the decade.

Source: NATO