, the "Bundeswehr" has a strength of 184,017 active-duty military personnel and 80,698 civilians, placing it among the 30 largest military forces in the world and making it the second largest in the European Union behind France in personnel. In addition the "Bundeswehr" has approximately 29,200 reserve personnel (2019). With German military expenditures at $49.3 billion, the "Bundeswehr" is the seventh or ninth best-funded military in the world, even though military expenditures remain average at 1.3% of national GDP, well below the (non-binding) NATO target of 2%. Germany aims to expand the "Bundeswehr" to around 203,000 soldiers by 2025 to better cope with increasing responsibilities.