Editing NATO (section)

===NATO defence expenditure===

====Direct contributions====
Member states pay for NATO's three common funds (the civil and military budgets and the security investment programme) based on a cost-sharing formula that includes per capita gross national income and other factors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30150.html |title=NATO Common Funds Burdensharing: Background and Current Issues |work=[[Congressional Research Service]] |date=15 February 2012 |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214122605/https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30150.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rfek">{{cite news |last1=Farley |first1=Robert |last2=Kiely |first2=Eugene |url=https://rollcall.com/2024/02/13/fact-checking-trump-comments-on-delinquent-nato-countries/ |title=Fact-checking Trump comments on 'delinquent' NATO countries |work=[[Roll Call]] |date=13 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214034901/https://rollcall.com/2024/02/13/fact-checking-trump-comments-on-delinquent-nato-countries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023–2024, the United States and Germany were the biggest contributors with 16.2% each.<ref name="rfek"/><ref name="funding">{{cite web |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm |title=Funding NATO |work=[[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] |date=14 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213182554/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Indirect contributions====
Member states pay for and maintain their own troops and equipment.<ref name="rfek"/><ref name="funding"/> They contribute to NATO operations and missions by committing troops and equipment on a voluntary basis.<ref name="funding"/> Since 2006, the goal has been for each country to spend at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product on its own defence; in 2014, a NATO declaration said that countries not meeting the goal would "aim to move towards the 2 percent guideline within a decade".<ref name="rfek"/><ref name="agss">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Andrew |last2=Siebold |first2=Sabine |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/what-did-trump-say-about-nato-funding-what-is-article-5-2024-02-12/ |title=What did Trump say about NATO funding and what is Article 5? |work=[[Reuters]] |date=13 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> In July 2022, NATO estimated that 11 members would meet the target in 2023.<ref name="agss"/> On 14 February 2024, NATO Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]] said that 18 member states would meet the 2% target in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/nato-chief-rebukes-donald-trump-and-announces-record-defence-spending |title=Nato chief rebukes Donald Trump and announces record defence spending |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214163731/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/nato-chief-rebukes-donald-trump-and-announces-record-defence-spending |url-status=live }}</ref> On 17 June 2024, prior to the [[2024 Washington summit]], Stoltenberg updated that figure and announced that a record 23 of 32 NATO member states were meeting their defense spending targets of 2% of their country's GDP.<ref name=NATOSpending>{{cite web|title=Secretary General in Washington: NATO makes America stronger|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_226749.htm?selectedLocale=en|publisher=NATO|website=NATO.int|date=17 June 2024|access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=APSpending>{{cite web|title=A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine|url=https://apnews.com/article/nato-defense-spending-stoltenberg-biden-5246409eec70745e6e936d997073a6f4|author1=Knickmeyer, Ellen|author2=Seung Min Kim|publisher=Associated Press|website=APNews.com|date=17 June 2024|access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> NATO added that defense spending for European member states and Canada was up 18% in the past year alone.<ref name=NATOSpending/><ref name=APSpending/>