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2014 Wales Summit

NATO Heads of State and Government restated the 2% defense spending guideline at the Wales summit in 2014.

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Jan 21, 2026

Which NATO countries spend the highest percentage of GDP on defence and how has that changed since 2014?

Since ’s , the countries spending the largest shares of GDP on defence have shifted from a few high outliers to a broader cohort of front-runners: leads at roughly 4.1% of GDP, followed by and at abou...

Jan 8, 2026

What was the original agreed percentage of GDP that NATO countries agreed to spend on the military

The original agreed guideline was that NATO countries should spend 2% of their GDP on defense; that benchmark was first set as a ministerial guideline in 2006 and later reinforced politically at the 2...