Government spending on defence in European Union
Government spending on defence in the European Union was equal to 1.5% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2010.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
1.5%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
Government spending on defence in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.2% |
| 2011 | 1.3% |
| 2010 | 1.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 1.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.