US President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought higher defence spending by the alliance's 32 member states, pushing Europe to take primary responsibility for its own security.

With the increase by NATO's European members and Canada, all allies are now devoting more than two percent of gross domestic product to military spending, a goal set in 2014 for 2024, a NATO report said.

Since then, under pressure from Trump, NATO set a new target last year -- to reach five percent by 2035.

In presenting the report, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he expected "Allies to show they are on a clear and credible path towards the five percent" when they hold their next summit in Ankara in July.

The headline target breaks down as 3.5 percent on core defence spending and 1.5 percent on a looser range of areas such as infrastructure and cybersecurity.

Only three countries met the 3.5 percent goal last year -- Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania.

All NATO countries increased their military spending last year, but three saw a slight drop in the share of spending relative to their GDP.

The United States went from 3.30 percent in 2024 to 3.19 percent, the Czech Republic from 2.07 percent to 2.01 percent, and Hungary from 2.21 percent to 2.07 percent.