{
  "slug": "global-defense-govtech",
  "name": "Global Defense & GovTech",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/global-defense-govtech",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "OECD governments conducting ex-post cost-benefit analysis of digital projects",
      "value": "25",
      "unit": "percent of OECD countries",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD governments with a dedicated public-sector digital skills strategy",
      "value": "17",
      "unit": "percent of OECD countries",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD digital-government institutions prioritising digital and ICT investment projects",
      "value": "92% in 2025, up from 85% in 2023",
      "unit": "percent of OECD countries where the lead",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Defence expenditure per capita, Norway (NATO estimate)",
      "value": "3,191",
      "unit": "USD per capita",
      "geo": "NO",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.nato.int/content/dam/nato/webready/documents/finance/def-exp-2025-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD countries with a government-wide omni-channel public-service strategy",
      "value": "53",
      "unit": "% of OECD countries; 19 out of 36 countr",
      "geo": "OECD countries (proxy for global defense/govtech)",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD countries with dedicated funding for ICT/digital government projects",
      "value": "81% in 2025, up from 73% in 2023",
      "unit": "percent of OECD countries; 29 out of 36 countries in 2025",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD governments measuring the financial or non-financial impact of AI use cases",
      "value": "28",
      "unit": "percent of OECD countries; 10 out of 36",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD countries using iterative project management approaches for digital projects",
      "value": "53% in 2025, up from 39% in 2023",
      "unit": "percent of OECD countries using more ite",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "OECD public-service users lacking confidence they can access support when needed",
      "value": "46",
      "unit": "% of people across OECD countries",
      "geo": "OECD countries (proxy for global defense/govtech)",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of EU Member States spending 2% or more of GDP on defence",
      "value": "13",
      "unit": "member states",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of defence projects funded by the European Defence Fund 2024 call",
      "value": "62",
      "unit": "projects",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Year-on-year growth in the total number of EU military personnel",
      "value": "1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Equipment expenditure (major equipment purchases + R&D devoted to major equipment) as % of total defence expenditure, United States",
      "value": "28.98",
      "unit": "% of total US defence expenditure, 2024 (NATO estimate)",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.nato.int/content/dam/nato/webready/documents/finance/def-exp-2025-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Defence R&T as a share of total EU defence expenditure",
      "value": "1.5",
      "unit": "percent of total defence expenditure",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Year-on-year growth of total EU defence expenditure, real terms",
      "value": "19",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Total defence expenditure of the 27 EU Member States",
      "value": "343",
      "unit": "EUR billion",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Australian public-service trust benchmark from TAPS survey",
      "value": "58",
      "unit": "% trust in the public service",
      "geo": "Australia (single-country proxy for global defense/govtech)",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Public priority for adapting to automation and new technologies versus trust in government regulation",
      "value": "77% high priority; 41% trust government regulation",
      "unit": "percent of people in OECD Trust Survey c",
      "geo": "OECD",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/06/digital-government-outlook_4585678e/0496b2bc-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Dedicated SME and startup support in the European Defence Fund 2024 call (EUDIS)",
      "value": "224",
      "unit": "EUR million",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Contract value of Italy's procurement of 24 multirole fighter jets",
      "value": "7.47",
      "unit": "EUR billion",
      "geo": "IT",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/brochures/2025-eda_defencedata_web.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}