NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will propose a defense investment plan totaling 5% of GDP at the Alliance summit in The Hague, scheduled for the end of June, Sky News reports. Rutte addressed ...

NATO allies have reportedly agreed to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. One chart shows what a big ask that is.

Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has been calling for NATO members to increase defense spending to 5%.. Of the 32 NATO nations, Poland spent an alliance-high 4.12% of GDP on ...

Since NATO set its defense spending targets in 2014, overall average spending among member states, excluding the United States, has risen from 1.4% of GDP to 2% in 2024.

NATO members will have to bolster their defense spending by “considerably more than 3%” of their GDP, the alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

NATO allies are currently required to spend at least 2% of their country’s GDP on defense, but the U.S. is pushing for that to more than double to 5%. No country is currently at that 5% marker.

Portugal is planning a gradual increase in defense spending to reach NATO's 5% GDP target by 2035 while ensuring financial ...