All NATO members will achieve a long -term expenditure target of 2% of GDP for defense this year, but only three are currently achieving the new, higher target that the leaders of the alliance set in June, according to NATO data published on Thursday.

Many NATO countries have significantly increased their military spending in recent years, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and US President Donald Trump’s demands on European allies to invest more in their defense.

Alliance’s estimates on Thursday showed that just last year, more than 10 of the 32 NATO members failed to achieve the 2% goalwhich was agreed in 2014.

Data on 2025 showed that all Allies achieved this goalwith seven at a minimum of 2.0% and several others only marginally higher.

OR Poland It is the NATO member who spends most of the defense as a share of her economy, with 4.48%, followed by Lithuania with 4% and the Latvia At 3.73%, according to data.

These were the only members of the alliance that currently exceed the new 3.5% defense spending target of GDP, which was agreed by NATO leaders at a Hague summit in June.

Leaders agreed to achieve this goal by 2035 in the context of a broader 5% GDP expense in defense and security -related investments, including data such as cyber security and roads and port management for heavy military equipment.

Speaking at the inauguration of a ammunition plant in Germany on Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte He praised the highest defense spending of alliance members, but said it was important to turn extra money into military capabilities.

‘Money on their own do not provide security’he told the factory in the city of Underly, which belongs to the German weapon company Rheinmetall. “The deterrence does not come from 5%. The deterrence comes from the ability to … combat potential enemies. “