Select Committee on Defence Ninth Report


Annex D: Defence spending by NATO and EU member states


Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Belgium 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1
Bulgaria - - - - 2.6 2.5 2.4
Canada 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Czech Republic 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8
Denmark 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4
Estonia - - - - 1.6 1.6 1.6
France 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4
Germany 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3
Greece 4.9 4.6 3.4 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0
Hungary 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2
Iceland* - - - - - - -
Italy 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7
Latvia - - - - 1.3 1.3 1.5
Lithuania - - - - 1.4 1.2 1.2
Luxembourg 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Netherlands 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5
Norway 1.8 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.5
Poland 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Portugal 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6
Romania - - - - 2.0 2.0 2.0
Slovakia - - - - 1.7 1.7 1.7
Slovenia - - - - 1.5 1.5 1.7
Spain 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Turkey 5.0 5.0 4.4 3.8 3.1 2.9 3.0
UK 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3
US 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.8
Figures are defence spending by country as a percentage of GDP

*Iceland has no armed forces

Source: House of Commons Library


 
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