Defence spending: How Nato countries compare

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 UK, the US and Poland.

Here is a list of how much was estimated to have been spent on defence by Nato countries in 2023 as a proportion of their national GDP, ranked from highest to lowest.

All data comes from the latest Nato annual report.

– Poland 3.92%

– United States 3.24%

– Greece 3.05%

– Estonia 2.89%

– Lithuania 2.75%

– Finland 2.46%

– Latvia 2.37%

– UK 2.28%

– Hungary 2.07%

– Slovakia 2.05%

– Denmark 2.00%

– France 1.90%

– Bulgaria 1.87%

– Norway 1.80%

– Croatia 1.75%

– Albania 1.72%

– North Macedonia 1.70%

– Germany 1.66%

– Netherlands 1.63%

– Romania 1.60%

– Turkey 1.58%

– Montenegro 1.55%

– Czech Republic 1.53%

– Portugal 1.48%

– Italy 1.47%

– Slovenia 1.33%

– Canada 1.33%

– Spain 1.24%

– Belgium 1.21%

– Luxembourg 1.01%