SECURITY - DEFENCE / Nato

Eleven Alliance countries spent at least 2% of their national GDP on defence in 2020

Brussels, 16/03/2021 (Agence Europe)

NATO announced on Tuesday 16 March that eleven countries belonging to the organisation spent at least 2% of their GDP on defence in 2020.

All NATO members have committed to increasing their defence spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.

According to a report based on estimates for 2020, the eleven countries are the United States (3.73%), Greece (2.68%), Estonia (2.33%), the United Kingdom (2.32%), Poland (2.31%), Latvia (2.27%), Lithuania (2.13%), Romania (2.07%), France (2.04%), Norway and...