NATO Defense Spending Will Be 10 Times Higher Than Russia's Military Budget

All Alliance countries have achieved the goal agreed in 2014.

NATO members plan to spend more than $1.5 trillion on defense in 2025. Alliance countries are building up their armed forces amid Russia's war against Ukraine and pressure from the United States.

This is reported in a NATO report.

The United States accounts for more than half of the alliance's spending. At 2021 prices, spending will total $1.4 trillion, of which the states account for $845 billion.

Alliance countries have met the target

The alliance estimated as recently as last year that more than 10 of NATO's 32 members fell short of the 2% target agreed in 2014. Data for 2025 showed that all allies met the target, with seven countries hitting the 2.0% minimum and several others only slightly exceeding it.

NATO members' defense spending will be 10 times higher than Russia's military budget

According to the data, Poland is the NATO member spending the most on defense in its economy at 4.48%. It is followed by Lithuania with 4% and Latvia with 3.73%.

They are the only alliance members currently exceeding the new defense spending target of 3.5% of GDP agreed by NATO leaders at a summit in The Hague in June.

They will allocate another 1.5% for related purposes such as infrastructure and aid to Ukraine.

The agreement was a landmark moment for the alliance, which was revitalized after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 forced leaders across Europe to fundamentally rethink the threat posed by Moscow.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has been pushing for months for the United States to reaffirm its collective defense commitments in response.

The new targets promise to transform Europe's armed forces and the continent's security architecture. The spending leader is Germany, whose annual defense budget is expected to double to 162 billion euros over four years, with 9 billion euros a year allocated to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia.

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