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National expenditure is distinct from NATO common funding or transfers to the United States.","sourceIds":["global-nato-members","global-nato-budget-2025"],"origin":"global","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},"connections":[{"id":"global-nato-ca","sourceId":"country-ca","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1949","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null},{"id":"global-nato-fr","sourceId":"country-fr","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1949","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null},{"id":"global-nato-de","sourceId":"country-de","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1955","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null},{"id":"global-nato-nl","sourceId":"country-nl","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1949","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null},{"id":"global-nato-no","sourceId":"country-no","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1949","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null},{"id":"global-nato-gb","sourceId":"country-gb","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1949","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null},{"id":"global-nato-us","sourceId":"country-us","targetId":"nato","label":"Member since 1949","description":"Formal membership in NATO; this edge does not represent a payment, procurement contract, or endorsement of every other member’s policy.","kind":"member_of","theme":"military","status":"documented","sourceIds":["global-nato-members"],"recordIds":[],"date":null}],"finance":[],"sources":[{"id":"global-nato-members","title":"NATO member countries","url":"https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/organization/nato-member-countries","publisher":"NATO","publishedAt":"2024-03-11","accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary","note":"Official membership list checked on the access date. Membership is not a financial transfer or evidence of agreement with every US policy."},{"id":"global-nato-budget-2025","title":"Defence expenditure of NATO countries, 2014–2025","url":"https://www.nato.int/content/dam/nato/webready/documents/finance/def-exp-2025-en.pdf","publisher":"NATO","publishedAt":null,"accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary","note":"Table 2, printed page 8: 2024e column, current USD millions. Report information cutoff: 3 June 2025. Values are estimates rounded by NATO, not final accounts. Iceland has no row."},{"id":"global-fms-archive","title":"Major Arms Sales: official notification archive","url":"https://www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/Major-Arms-Sales","publisher":"Defense Security Cooperation Agency","publishedAt":null,"accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary","note":"Congressional notifications of possible sales are not completed contracts or disbursement ledgers. The archive says new notifications moved to the State Department following the 6 February 2026 executive order."}],"neighbors":[{"id":"nato","slug":"nato","name":"NATO","kind":"alliance"},{"id":"country-ca","slug":"country-ca","name":"Canada","kind":"country"},{"id":"country-fr","slug":"country-fr","name":"France","kind":"country"},{"id":"country-de","slug":"country-de","name":"Germany","kind":"country"},{"id":"country-nl","slug":"country-nl","name":"Netherlands","kind":"country"},{"id":"country-no","slug":"country-no","name":"Norway","kind":"country"},{"id":"country-gb","slug":"country-gb","name":"United Kingdom","kind":"country"},{"id":"country-us","slug":"country-us","name":"United States","kind":"country"}],"gaps":[{"id":"global-coverage-gap","title":"Global coverage remains partial","description":"Coverage follows specific researched facilities, financial records and institutional relationships; countries connected only by NATO membership are excluded. This is not a complete list of US treaty allies, security partners, overseas bases, export licences, investments or cash flows.","entityIds":["nato","us-fms"],"sourceIds":["global-nato-members","global-fms-archive"],"nextStep":"Add further regional records using local public accounts, procurement notices, aid disbursement data, sovereign-fund reports and community-reviewed translations. Record the search period and missing jurisdictions."},{"id":"global-national-estimates-gap","title":"The NATO budget slice is historical","description":"The 2024 values are estimates from a report with a 3 June 2025 cutoff. They provide a consistent historical comparison, not the latest national budget. Iceland is absent from this table; absence is not zero.","entityIds":["nato"],"sourceIds":["global-nato-budget-2025","global-nato-members"],"nextStep":"Version the table against later NATO releases and national audited accounts, preserving the original estimate and recording changed definitions and currencies."}],"snapshotDate":"2026-09-28"}