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Jun 18, 2024 — According to NATO's 2024 report, 23 members (including 16 EU) have reached the minimum target. Italy goes from 1.46 percent to 1.49 percent ...
The numbers of the 2024 show that
of the 23 NATO countries above the 2 percent target, 16 are also EU members (Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Hungary),
while four are candidates for EU membership (Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkey). Given that Austria, Cyprus, Ireland, and Malta are not part of the Atlantic Alliance,
there are seven other EU member states still not aligned (besides Italy, Belgium, Croatia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain) along with Canada (with 1.37 percent). Of the NATO members that now meet the minimum criteria for defense spending on GDP,
four are above 3 percent (Greece, Latvia, the United States, and Estonia), and Poland reaches 4.12 percent.