Ireland’s defence spending is lowest in Europe at 0.3% of GDP

Latest figures released by the EU show that Ireland had the lowest percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) spent on its Defence Forces of any of the EU’s 28 member states.

The highest spend, of 2.4% GDP, was made by Estonia, followed by 2% in Greece and 1.8% each by France and Britain.

This country spent just 0.3% of GDP on defence, which was just half of what was spent by Malta. That Mediterranean island has one-tenth of the population of Ireland.