NATO estimates show Poland spent the highest percentage of its GDP on defense and was the only country estimated to spend more than 4%. Estonia and Latvia followed, each allocating around 3.4%.

U.S. defense spending was 3.38% of GDP in 2024, based on NATO's figures. America's defense spending has been above 3% since NATO devised the 2% threshold in 2014, when it was at 3.71%.

The defense alliance of 32 countries is planning to invest billions in its security over the coming decade. But it’s a splurge that some European NATO members, saddled with huge debt burdens ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a news conference at a NATO's informal meeting of foreign ministers in Antalya, ...

NATO member nations voted to increase defense spending to 5% of their annual GDP by 2035, following long-term pressure from President Donald Trump, as the alliance reaffirmed its defensive agreement.

In 2014, only the United States, the U.K. and Greece were spending at least 2%. In a recent interview, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said just 23 of NATO's 32 countries met the 2024 target of 2%.