The national defence development plan for 2026 is considered realistic and takes into account the resources available for use The development plan’s objective is to develop the Defence Forces into a military that can rapidly and effectively respond to crises. The development plan is based on the Estonian economy’s outlook and the defence budget forecasts for the next ten years compiled based on the outlook. Planning of available resources has 2.14% of GDP 2% of GDP 2.01% of GDP also factored in the maintenance costs for the new capabilities being developed. The objective is to keep infrastructure spending an average of under 5% of the defence budget. This will allow more use of funds for procurements of modern weapons and equipment and for carrying out training. 524 million € 558 million € Estonia Latvia 873 million € Lithuania Comparison of the Baltic states’ defence spending in 2018 as a percentage of GDP and in absolute terms