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NATO Members Set To Agree On New 5% Of GDP Defense Spending Target

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, June 23rd, 2025

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NATO Members Set To Agree On New 5% Of GDP Defense Spending Target

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks to attendees during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on May 25, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)

NATO members this week are set to agree on a new target goal to spend five percent of their gross domestic product on defense, the alliance’s leader confirmed Monday, along with plans for a “fivefold” increase in air defense investments. The new five percent defense spending goal, a boost from the current two percent mark set in 2014, is split between investing 3.5 percent of GDP on “core defense” priorities such as weapons and 1.5 percent on “defense-related” items, to…

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