How much NATO countries spend on arms and armies

On the eve of the NATO summit underway in Madrid, the Atlantic Alliance released some data relating to the military spending of the countries that are part of it. The most significant of which is that relating to the percentage of GDP destined for defense. The request of the body led by Jens Stoltenberg is that this share is equal to at least 2%. However, this is not the case everywhere. In the following graph the data.

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Here if you do not see the graph The red line shows the share of 2%: how to you see, most of the member countries did not reach it in 2022. Among these there is also Italy, standing at 1.54%. The highest value is for Greece, with 3.76%, followed by the United States (3.47%) and Poland (2.42%). Percentages that, in the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many nations have pledged to increase.

The American leadership Although not the first country by percentage of GDP, the United States is the nation affiliated to NATO that invests more in defense. The average per capita expenditure of all allies, in 2022, was in fact equal to US $ 1,098. But just remove Washington from the count and this value falls to $ 526. This infographic shows the value of military spending per capita in allied countries:

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Here if you don't see the graph The bubbles are sized on the basis of per capita investment. The color changes from red to blue depending on whether this value is higher or lower than the NATO average. Apart from the United States, only Norway, with US $ 1,242 per capita, exceeded this value. Also this year, Italy spent $ 498 per capita on defense.

American supremacy in military spending is even better appreciated if, rather than per capita, total investments are taken into consideration. sportsgaming.win did it in this infographic.

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Here if you don't see the chart This year Washington will spend something like 722 billions of US dollars for defense. A sum substantially double that invested by all the other NATO countries put together. Italy, for its part, will spend 29 billion. Or at least, these are the forecasts on the eve of the Madrid summit. During which the commitment to increase the rapid response forces from 40 thousand to 300 thousand will be formalized, as reported by Ansa. And who knows that this response to Russia does not lead to an increase in the defense spending of NATO countries.