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Italy 6th-last for NATO spending
Just 1.15% of GDP compared to 2% target
14 March, 14:52
(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, 14 MAR - Italy was sixth-last among NATO
countries for defence spending last year with just 1.15% of GDP
spent, far from the 2% target set by the alliance, NATO said
Thursday.
The only members who spent less than Italy in GDP terms were
Luxembourg (0.54%); Belgium and Spain (0.93% each); Slovenia
(1.02%); and Czech Republic (1.11%). The US were the top
spenders again with 3.39% of GDP followed by Greece with 2.22%,
Britain with 2.15%, Estonia with 2.07% and Poland with 2.05%.
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