In 2024, 63 percent of people in NATO countries agreed that their country should defend another NATO country if it was attacked, compared with 11 percent who disagreed.
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To what extent do you agree or disagree that your country should defend another NATO country if attacked?
(2020 to 2024)
Characteristic
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Don't know
Disagree
2020
69%
13%
8%
9%
2021
66%
18%
7%
9%
2022
67%
16%
6%
11%
2023
64%
19%
5%
11%
2024
63%
20%
5%
11%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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NATO. (July 5, 2024). To what extent do you agree or disagree that your country should defend another NATO country if attacked? (2020 to 2024) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479046/nato-support-for-mutal-defence/
NATO. "To what extent do you agree or disagree that your country should defend another NATO country if attacked? (2020 to 2024)." Chart. July 5, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479046/nato-support-for-mutal-defence/
NATO. (2024). To what extent do you agree or disagree that your country should defend another NATO country if attacked? (2020 to 2024). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479046/nato-support-for-mutal-defence/
NATO. "To What Extent Do You Agree or Disagree That Your Country Should Defend Another Nato Country If Attacked? (2020 to 2024)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479046/nato-support-for-mutal-defence/
NATO, To what extent do you agree or disagree that your country should defend another NATO country if attacked? (2020 to 2024) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479046/nato-support-for-mutal-defence/ (last visited June 28, 2025)
To what extent do you agree or disagree that your country should defend another NATO country if attacked? (2020 to 2024) [Graph], NATO, July 5, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479046/nato-support-for-mutal-defence/
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