Global Statistics and Country Indicators
South Africa Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (2000–2026)
Government Revenue
Data table
| 2000 | 21.3% | 2009 | 23.8% | 2018 | 26.4% |
| 2001 | 21.6% | 2010 | 23.8% | 2019 | 26.3% |
| 2002 | 21.3% | 2011 | 24.4% | 2020 | 25% |
| 2003 | 21% | 2012 | 24.6% | 2021 | 27.1% |
| 2004 | 21.7% | 2013 | 25% | 2022 | 27.6% |
| 2005 | 25% | 2014 | 25.4% | 2023 | 26.9% |
| 2006 | 25.5% | 2015 | 25.8% | 2024 | 27.3% |
| 2007 | 25.6% | 2016 | 26.2% | 2025 | 28.4% |
| 2008 | 25.5% | 2017 | 25.8% | 2026 | 28.5% |
Government Revenue
Data table
| 2000 | 223.9B | 2009 | 664.8B | 2018 | 1.42T |
| 2001 | 251.9B | 2010 | 728B | 2019 | 1.48T |
| 2002 | 289.2B | 2011 | 811B | 2020 | 1.39T |
| 2003 | 313.4B | 2012 | 876.6B | 2021 | 1.68T |
| 2004 | 358B | 2013 | 967.4B | 2022 | 1.84T |
| 2005 | 460B | 2014 | 1.05T | 2023 | 1.89T |
| 2006 | 524.3B | 2015 | 1.14T | 2024 | 2.01T |
| 2007 | 601.8B | 2016 | 1.25T | 2025 | 2.17T |
| 2008 | 666.5B | 2017 | 1.31T | 2026 | 2.28T |
Government Spending
Data table
| 2000 | 22.6% | 2009 | 28.5% | 2018 | 30.2% |
| 2001 | 22.6% | 2010 | 28.3% | 2019 | 31.4% |
| 2002 | 22.2% | 2011 | 28.1% | 2020 | 34.6% |
| 2003 | 22.6% | 2012 | 28.6% | 2021 | 32.7% |
| 2004 | 22.7% | 2013 | 28.9% | 2022 | 31.9% |
| 2005 | 25.1% | 2014 | 29.3% | 2023 | 32.5% |
| 2006 | 24.7% | 2015 | 30.2% | 2024 | 33% |
| 2007 | 24.4% | 2016 | 29.9% | 2025 | 34.2% |
| 2008 | 26% | 2017 | 29.9% | 2026 | 33.3% |
Government Spending
Data table
| 2000 | 238.5B | 2009 | 795.2B | 2018 | 1.62T |
| 2001 | 263.7B | 2010 | 866B | 2019 | 1.77T |
| 2002 | 302.3B | 2011 | 934.2B | 2020 | 1.93T |
| 2003 | 337.1B | 2012 | 1.02T | 2021 | 2.03T |
| 2004 | 375.2B | 2013 | 1.12T | 2022 | 2.13T |
| 2005 | 461.8B | 2014 | 1.21T | 2023 | 2.29T |
| 2006 | 507.5B | 2015 | 1.33T | 2024 | 2.42T |
| 2007 | 573.3B | 2016 | 1.42T | 2025 | 2.61T |
| 2008 | 679.2B | 2017 | 1.52T | 2026 | 2.67T |