
Most EU countries still miss NATO spending target
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members increased overall defense spending for a second consecutive year in 2017 as President Donald Trump turned long-standing USA calls for Europe to foot more of the common security bill into blunt criticism of allies.
The U.S. led with defense expenditures of 3.57 percent of GDP a year ago, up from 3.56 percent, while European nations boosted their spending on such outlays to an average 1.46 percent from 1.44 percent, according to the report.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference to give the alliance's annual report at NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 15, 2018.
It marks a almost US$50billion cumulative increase since spending began to rise in late 2014, the report said.
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NATO's 29 allies invested more than $900 billion on defense in 2017, with USA spending accounting for two-thirds of that.
Greece, Estonia and the United Kingdom are the only European countries to meet the goal pushed by Donald Trump. European countries in total spent 1.46 percent of GDP in 2017, compared to 1.44 percent of GDP in 2016.
Other spending changes included an increase in Spain's spending of 18.24 percent over the previous year and a 0.73 decrease in Belgium's spending, keeping the country's contribution at less than 1 percent of GDP.
NATO's European allies increased their spending on defense for the third successive year in 2017.
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