NATO support for mutual defense 2023

As of 2023, 64 percent of people across the countries belonging to the NATO military alliance thought that their country should defend another NATO ally if attacked. Support for mutual defense was strongest in Norway, where 80 percent of respondents agreed that Norway should defend a NATO ally, but was weakest in North Macedonia, with only 32 percent of respondents agreeing with that statement.

Share of support for defending other NATO countries among member states in 2023

Characteristic	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Don't know	Disagree
NATO allies	64%	19%	5%	11%
Norway	80%	11%	3%	6%
Denmark	78%	11%	5%	6%
Poland	75%	12%	6%	7%
United Kingdom	74%	12%	5%	9%
Estonia	72%	16%	3%	9%
Lithuania	71%	17%	4%	9%
Sweden	70%	18%	6%	7%
Albania	70%	17%	1%	13%
Portugal	70%	18%	3%	9%
Netherlands	68%	20%	4%	8%
Spain	68%	18%	5%	9%
Türkiye	67%	21%	3%	9%
Canada	66%	16%	8%	10%
United States	66%	18%	6%	10%
Latvia	64%	20%	3%	13%
Romania	63%	22%	4%	11%
Belgium	61%	21%	5%	12%
Germany	60%	21%	4%	15%
Montenegro	60%	7%	5%	28%
Luxembourg	59%	19%	5%	16%
Italy	58%	22%	5%	14%
France	58%	27%	4%	11%
Czechia	56%	22%	5%	16%
Hungary	49%	26%	7%	19%
Greece	48%	30%	3%	20%
Croatia	48%	28%	4%	20%
Slovakia	46%	23%	8%	23%
Slovenia	45%	26%	4%	24%
Iceland	45%	21%	13%	22%
Bulgaria	36%	29%	5%	30%
North Macedonia	32%	22%	9%	37%

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 17 to May 18, 2023

Number of respondents

30,481 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

The source phrased the question as follows: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "our country should defend another NATO country if attacked"

Some values may not total to 100% due to rounding.

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