most recent figures (per World Bank)
Belgium 1.2%
Canada 1.2
Turkey 1.2 (big drop-off in recent years, I don’t get it)
Sweden 1.3 (candidate)
Germany 1.4
Denmark 1.4
Portugal 1.4
Spain 1.5
Hungary 1.5
Netherlands 1.6
Norway 1.6
Italy 1.7
Finland 1.7 (just admitted to NATO)
France 1.9
not all NATO countries listed
Here’s my comment: (1) countries below the mark can immediately help out Ukraine (while building up to the mark); longer run: (2) all front line countries and all Security Council countries should have a mark of 2 percent; (3) I would be o.k. with other countries having a lesser mark such as 1.75 percent as part of a peace settlement for Ukraine. Russia simply isn’t the threat that USSR + Warsaw Pact used to be. If all the NATO countries did their part, our mutual defense would be way more than enough to deter any stupidity from Russia.
Make it 3% and we get out.
interesting stats. Many of the most loudmouthed foreigners here urging the US to aid Ukraine are from those countries below 2%.