In 2018, the United Kingdom's defense spending as a share of Gross Domestic Product was 2.1 percent. Since 1980, the UK's defense spending was at it's highest in 1984 when 5.5 percent of the UK's GDP was spent on the military. After 1984, defense spending declined gradually, and then at a much faster pace after the end of the Cold War in 1991, with the United Kingdom only just reaching the two percent benchmark set by NATO by 2018.
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GOV.UK. (October 10, 2019). Defense expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1980 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298527/defense-spending-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. "Defense expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1980 to 2018." Chart. October 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298527/defense-spending-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. (2019). Defense expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1980 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298527/defense-spending-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. "Defense Expenditure as a Share of Gdp in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1980 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298527/defense-spending-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, Defense expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1980 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298527/defense-spending-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited February 22, 2020)
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