# Netherlands meets NATO’s two-percent guideline under Rutte’s last budget

Date: 2024

By 2024 Dutch defence spending reached the two-percent-of-GDP NATO guideline after years below it. Meeting a guideline is a completed fiscal-defence act, not a delivered brigade.

## People

- Mark Rutte: https://factrail.ai/people/mark-rutte

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/netherlands-nato-two-percent-2024/
- https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-nato-two-percent-2024