Sources: Our World in Data – "Military Spending", data.worldbank.org, NATO Defense Spending Tracker, World Population Dashboard
Tools: Matplotlib / Krita
Posted by spastikatenpraedikat
![[OC] NATO's 5% spending goal: Effects and Costs](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/fv79q1fvii9f1-1024x967.png "[OC] NATO’s 5% spending goal: Effects and Costs")
Sources: Our World in Data – "Military Spending", data.worldbank.org, NATO Defense Spending Tracker, World Population Dashboard
Tools: Matplotlib / Krita
Posted by spastikatenpraedikat
10 Comments
Something that should’ve been done 10 years ago.
Fuck this. I don’t want my tax money spent on bombs.
5% of gdp is not manageable longterm.
There are NATO countries whose annual revenues are 30% of GDP (like Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro probably). For these countries 5% of GDP means 15-20% of the total revenues. That’s crazy.
It would be more fair if the spending goal is connected to the revenues instead of the GDP.
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There is no NATO unless Europeans actually have capable militaries. So right now, it’s safe to say about half of the countries that are nominally members of NATO actually aren’t. Such as Spain.
5% is insane. The US would spend nearly an extra $500 billion, or $5 trillion over a decade. This is just a giveaway of taxpayer dollars to the defense and tech industry.
Remember when Polands PM asked why 500 million Europeans were asking 300 million Americans to help fight 140 million Russians?
FYI, If you dont spend 2% to 4% of your GDP on the military, you can use that for social programs.
They won’t even bother raising it that high. The next NATO plan is just gonna be to throw eastern europe at Russia.
The funny thing about mass re-arms historically is that eventually nationstates generate a conflict to justify the spending whether or not the perceived threat actually materializes.