On NATO’s 75th anniversary, the world’s most powerful military alliance announced that its 32 members will spend $1.47 trillion a year. As early as 2006, defense ministers agreed to commit a minimum of 2 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to defense spending.

Currently, two thirds of its members (23 out of 32), including Albania, have fulfilled this commitment.
According to data from NATO, our country ranks 20th on the list and spends 2.3% of gross domestic product, i.e. 25.43 billion dollars. It then budgets 516 billion dollars in the annual defense costs of NATO countries.

The United States remains the world’s largest military spender by far. In dollar terms, the US represents about two-thirds of the annual defense spending of NATO countries, budgeting about 967 billion dollars.

After America, the top four spenders are Germany ($97.7 billion), Great Britain ($82.1 billion), France ($64.3 billion) and Poland ($34.9 billion).

From these expenses, NATO pledged to provide Kiev with at least 43 billion dollars in military aid and is expected to open a path of no return to Ukraine’s membership in this alliance.