North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO’s purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. POLITICAL - NATO promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defence and security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict. MILITARY - NATO is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. If diplomatic efforts fail, it has the military power to undertake crisis-management operations. These are carried out under the collective defence clause of NATO's founding treaty - Article 5 of the Washington Treaty or under a United Nations mandate, alone or in cooperation with other countries and international organisations.

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    • Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries
      July 2023
      Source: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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      Accessed On: 14 July, 2023
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      Notes: Figures 019 are estimates. The NATO Europe and NATO Total aggregates from 2017 include Montenegro, which became an Ally on 5 June 2017
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    • NATO Civilian and Military Budget (Total of all member countries)
      December 2021
      Source: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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      Accessed On: 03 January, 2022
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      In the spirit of transparency, each year NATO publishes the civilian and military budget totals, as well as the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) budget. It also publishes an annual compendium of financial, personnel and economic data for all member countries. Since 1963, the latter has formed a consistent basis of comparison of the defence effort of Alliance members based on a common definition of defence expenditure.   NATO’s civilian budget (running costs for NATO Headquarters), military budget (costs of the integrated Command Structure) and NSIP (military capabilities) are commonly funded, i.e., they cover requirements which are not the responsibility of any single member, such as NATO-wide air defence or the command structure. All 29 members contribute according to an agreed cost-share formula, based on Gross National Income, which represents a small percentage of each country’s defence budget. This cost-share formula is published every year. Projects can also be jointly funded, which means that the participating countries can identify the requirements, the priorities and the funding arrangements, but NATO provides political and financial oversight.   For Military Budget data Request data for 2019 as (EUR@ 01/01/2018),2018 as (EUR@ 01/01/2017 & 01/07/2017 ), 2017 as (EUR@ 01/01/2016),2016 as (EUR@ 01/01/2015)