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Italy's military spending 1.51% of GDP in 2022 - NATO

Down from 1.57% in 2021 says annual report, pledge to reach 2%

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(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 21 - Italy's military spending was 1.51% of GDP in 2022, NATO said Tuesday.
    Rome has vowed to raise its military sending to 2% of GDP in line with NATO demands.
    Italian military expenditure in 2022 was 1.51% of GDP while in 2021 the figure was 1.57%, according to the estimates published in NATO's annual report.
    The report shows that in 2014 - the year of Russia's annexation of Crimea and the start of hostilities in the eastern Ukraine Donbass region - Italy's defence spending as a percentage of GDP was 1.14%.
    That spending, the report said, grew in real terms to $1.930 billion last year (again based on 2015 prices), up from $1.1861 billion in 2021.
    NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday he expected the 2% pledge to be a budget minimum. (ANSA).
   

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