NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that 2% will not be enough to guarantee the alliance's security over the next five years, and that the new target should be above 3%. It now seems that Macron is aligned with Rutte’s view, aiming to achieve such a target for France. So, which member states have already met or are exceeding the current 2% threshold, and which nations are still failing to meet a benchmark agreed upon a decade ago? Click through this gallery and crunch the numbers.
All figures in USD.
Note: Iceland, a founding member of NATO, is not listed. It's the only member of the alliance that does not have a standing army, though it contributes to NATO operations with financial aid and civilian personnel.