By the Numbers: Induction ceremony
Russian aggression spurs Finland to ditch non-alignment status and join NATO
Illustration by Krieg Barrie
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31
The number of NATO member countries after the addition of Finland. The Nordic state joined the defense alliance April 4 after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine altered Finnish public opinion.
832 miles
The length of Finland’s border with Russia, the longest of any European Union member.
2%
The share of Finland’s GDP spent on military defense in 2021 according to the World Bank, matching the target threshold for NATO-aligned nations.
280,000
The size of Finland’s potential field army if fully mobilized according to a 2021 review published by IRIS, a French foreign policy think tank.
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