The percentage of the GDP earmarked for defence in Bulgaria over the 2007-2014 period has dropped from almost 2.3 percent to 1.35 percent, reads a report on the state of Bulgaria’s armed forces in 2014. Other NATO members allocate approximately the same percentage for defence purposes - Portugal, Romania and Croatia. According to the report, there are only three NATO countries whose defence budget is up compared to 2007 – Estonia, Germany and Poland.