How the UK’s defence spending compares

Defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 2010 exchange rates

% GDP 2017

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UK (1984-85, during the cold war) 5.3%

US 3.5

UK (Commons committee proposal) 3.0

UK (current) 2.12

France 1.79

Germany 1.24

Italy 1.12

Spain 0.92