Poland is one of the countries that spent the most on defense in 2022 – wrote Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, referring to the report on NATO activities in 2022.
Poland among the leaders of countries spending the most on defense in 2022. According to the NATO report, our country was ranked 4th among the 30 countries of the North Atlantic Alliance
Blaszczak wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
This is the effect of government policies, which consistently increase spending on Poles’ defense and security
– added.
Security costs
According to a report published Tuesday, seven of the 30 North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries reached the supposed 2 percent level. defense GDP.
Polish defense spending amounted to 2.42 percent of GDP last year. GDP. Countries that met the 2% target included Greece (3.54%), US (3.46%), Lithuania (2.47%), UK (2.16%), Estonia (2. 12%) and Latvia (2.07%).
In absolute terms, by 2022, the US was responsible for 70% of the entire Alliance’s defense spending, which exceeded a trillion dollars. In this ranking, Great Britain accounted for 6 percent, Germany – 5 percent, France – 4 percent, Italy – 3 percent, Canada – 2 percent, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and Poland – about 1 percent each.
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Source: wPolityce