CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoRanked: Military Spending Growth by Country in 2025www.visualcapitalist.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkRanked: Military Spending Growth by Country in 2025www.visualcapitalist.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareRiddick3001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoAnd, instead of increase of decrease, this link shows the defense spending as % of GDP in 2025. Also note that EU classification of defense spending( (COFOG), is stricter than NATO’, so that’s why there are sometimes discrepancies.
minus-squareCAVOK@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoAlso a good graph, showing a different thing.
minus-squareRiddick3001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoYes, It was this statement from your OP which made me curious : “Spain and Norway increased military spending by roughly 50% in 2025, the fastest growth among the world’s top defense spenders.” So now we have relative and absolute perc.✌🏻
minus-squareFrostbeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWithout Norway as they are not EU member
And, instead of increase of decrease, this link shows the defense spending as % of GDP in 2025. Also note that EU classification of defense spending( (COFOG), is stricter than NATO’, so that’s why there are sometimes discrepancies.
Also a good graph, showing a different thing.
Yes, It was this statement from your OP which made me curious :
“Spain and Norway increased military spending by roughly 50% in 2025, the fastest growth among the world’s top defense spenders.”
So now we have relative and absolute perc.✌🏻
Without Norway as they are not EU member