{"id":7901,"date":"2024-07-15T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=7901"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:01:13","slug":"visualizing-the-surge-in-defense-spending-of-non-us-nato-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/visualizing-the-surge-in-defense-spending-of-non-us-nato-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing The Surge In Defense Spending Of Non-US NATO Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether or not they plan on World War III, this is a lot of money being made by the OCGFC because of the Ukraine war and other shenanigans. All the killing and death doesn&#8217;t matter as long as they&#8217;re enriching themselves further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/visualizing-surge-defense-spending-non-us-nato-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/visualizing-surge-defense-spending-non-us-nato-members<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_b4b2bbbd-9bd6-4f27-87f5-e64b9c556444\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>by Tyler Durden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-U.S. members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have increased their expenditure on defense, with a big spike after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This graphic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/visualizing-the-defense-spending-of-non-u-s-nato-members-2012-2024\/\">via Visual Capitalist&#8217;s Marcus Lu,<\/a> visualizes the annual percentage change in defense expenditure among NATO members (excluding the U.S.) since 2012 in real terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2024-07-14_16-41-34.jpg?itok=KrS9Vc7l\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-07-14_16-41-34.jpg?itok=KrS9Vc7l\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Data is from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/nato_static_fl2014\/assets\/pdf\/2024\/6\/pdf\/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf\">NATO<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-U.S. NATO Members are Ramping Up Defense Spending<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NATO members have significantly increased their defense spending over the past two years, likely due to the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and, more recently, in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-three of NATO\u2019s 32 members are now meeting the minimum level of annual defense spending (2% of GDP) stipulated for countries in the alliance. This is up significantly from 10 member countries in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2024-07-14_16-42-13.jpg?itok=LODoUIh_\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-07-14_16-42-13.jpg?itok=LODoUIh_\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Estimates for 2023 and 2024. All percentages are inflation-adjusted using 2015 prices as base year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of these expenditures will finance troops. It also includes payment of pensions, expenditures for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, and investment in research and development (R&amp;D).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the growth in expenditures by non-U.S. members, America is still the most significant contributor to NATO\u2019s budget. In 2023, the U.S. accounted for&nbsp;<strong>$860 billion<\/strong>&nbsp;spent by member countries in the organization, representing 68% of the total expenditure. This amount is over 10 times more than that of the second-placed country, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy posts like these, check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/breaking-down-1-3t-in-nato-defense-spending\/\">Breaking Down $1.3T in NATO Defense Spending<\/a>, which visualizes&nbsp;the expected defense expenditures of NATO members in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-9-785x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-9-785x1024.png 785w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-9-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-9-768x1002.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-9-1178x1536.png 1178w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-9.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not they plan on World War III, this is a lot of money being made by the OCGFC because of the Ukraine war and other shenanigans. All the killing and death doesn&#8217;t matter as long as they&#8217;re enriching themselves further. https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/visualizing-surge-defense-spending-non-us-nato-members by Tyler Durden Non-U.S. members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7903,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7901\/revisions\/7903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}