From March 2024 List of top defense spending in NATO countries after new record of $2.2 Trillion, triggered by Russian invasion.
MrsBigglesworth-_- on
I was wondering if someone can explain this to me, is NATO 2% of per capita spent on defense largely to appease US by purchasing from their American arms manufacturing companies? Is that why Trump has been so vocal about other members fulfilling their 2% obligation?
GiantEnemaCrab on
Holy shit this article is aids. It gives you 15-6, then makes you click through a garbage ad-ridden slideshow. Here are the top 5 with per capita spending so no one has to deal with that.
# 5. United Kingdom $965
# 4. Denmark $1000
# 3. Finland $1153
# 2. Norway $1339
# 1. United States $2220
Might also be worth mentioning that per capita is a trash metric because it doesn’t take into account median gdp per country. Russian per capita spending is only $329.5 but compared to the average salary this is massive.
Swimming-Bite-4184 on
These End-Of-Year Lists are really getting out of hand.
johnniewelker on
While spending per capita or GDP ratios are decent KPIs, I feel we lose something a good bit of nuance by focusing on these numbers. In fact, it encourages leaders to spend on frivolous military spending
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From March 2024 List of top defense spending in NATO countries after new record of $2.2 Trillion, triggered by Russian invasion.
I was wondering if someone can explain this to me, is NATO 2% of per capita spent on defense largely to appease US by purchasing from their American arms manufacturing companies? Is that why Trump has been so vocal about other members fulfilling their 2% obligation?
Holy shit this article is aids. It gives you 15-6, then makes you click through a garbage ad-ridden slideshow. Here are the top 5 with per capita spending so no one has to deal with that.
# 5. United Kingdom $965
# 4. Denmark $1000
# 3. Finland $1153
# 2. Norway $1339
# 1. United States $2220
Might also be worth mentioning that per capita is a trash metric because it doesn’t take into account median gdp per country. Russian per capita spending is only $329.5 but compared to the average salary this is massive.
These End-Of-Year Lists are really getting out of hand.
While spending per capita or GDP ratios are decent KPIs, I feel we lose something a good bit of nuance by focusing on these numbers. In fact, it encourages leaders to spend on frivolous military spending