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Countries in NATO but not the EU, and in the EU but not NATO

Nine NATO members are not in the EU, and four EU members are not in NATO.

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In NATO but not in the EU 9

Nine of NATO's 32 members are outside the EU: two in North America and six in Europe and Turkey, which lies in both Europe and Asia, among them the UK, which left in 2020.

• 🇺🇸United States
• 🇨🇦Canada
• 🇬🇧United Kingdom
• 🇳🇴Norway
• 🇮🇸Iceland
• 🇹🇷Turkey
• 🇦🇱Albania
• 🇲🇪Montenegro
• 🇲🇰North Macedonia

In the EU but not in NATO 4

Four of the EU's 27 members are not NATO allies: Austria, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.

• 🇦🇹Austria
• 🇮🇪Ireland
• 🇨🇾Cyprus
• 🇲🇹Malta

Not on the list

• The 23 members of both NATO and the EU: In both organisations, so in neither gap.
• Finland and Sweden: EU members since 1995 and NATO members since 2023 and 2024, so they sit in the overlap and are on neither list.
• Denmark and Greenland: Denmark is in both NATO and the EU.
• Countries in neither organisation: In neither NATO nor the EU, so in neither group.

Questions

How many NATO countries are not in the EU?

Nine NATO members are not in the EU, and four EU members are not in NATO.

Which countries are on the list?

United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Austria, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.

What is an easy way to remember them?

9 + 4. NATO only: the US, Canada, the UK, Norway, Iceland, Turkey, and Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia. EU only: Austria, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.

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Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them NATO, on 9 October 2026. Next review by 28 September 2027.
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