South Africa Military Spending Over Time (1960–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Military Spending (USD)

Global rank: 54 / 151

Data table

1960	70M	1971	485.9M	1982	2.74B	1993	3.25B	2004	3.1B	2015	3.49B
1961	113.7M	1972	492.4M	1983	3.05B	1994	3.48B	2005	3.57B	2016	3.14B
1962	186.2M	1973	752.9M	1984	2.77B	1995	3.29B	2006	3.51B	2017	3.59B
1963	189M	1974	1.1B	1985	2.12B	1996	2.59B	2007	3.53B	2018	3.62B
1964	271.6M	1975	1.43B	1986	2.5B	1997	2.41B	2008	3.29B	2019	3.44B
1965	289.4M	1976	1.68B	1987	3.6B	1998	1.91B	2009	3.59B	2020	3.23B
1966	324.4M	1977	2.07B	1988	4.26B	1999	1.74B	2010	4.19B	2021	3.39B
1967	373.1M	1978	2.07B	1989	4.18B	2000	1.89B	2011	4.59B	2022	3.25B
1968	399.7M	1979	2.16B	1990	4.36B	2001	1.8B	2012	4.49B	2023	2.88B
1969	425.6M	1980	2.66B	1991	3.87B	2002	1.77B	2013	4.12B	2024	2.84B
1970	417.9M	1981	3.01B	1992	3.68B	2003	2.57B	2014	3.89B

Military Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 129 / 147

Data table

1960	1%	1971	2.5%	1982	3.6%	1993	2.5%	2004	1.4%	2015	1%
1961	1.5%	1972	2.4%	1983	3.6%	1994	2.6%	2005	1.2%	2016	1%
1962	2.3%	1973	2.6%	1984	3.7%	1995	2.1%	2006	1.2%	2017	0.9%
1963	2.1%	1974	3.1%	1985	3.7%	1996	1.8%	2007	1.1%	2018	0.9%
1964	2.7%	1975	3.9%	1986	3.8%	1997	1.6%	2008	1%	2019	0.9%
1965	2.6%	1976	4.7%	1987	4.2%	1998	1.4%	2009	1.1%	2020	1%
1966	2.7%	1977	5.3%	1988	4.6%	1999	1.3%	2010	1%	2021	0.8%
1967	2.8%	1978	4.6%	1989	4.4%	2000	1.4%	2011	1%	2022	0.8%
1968	2.8%	1979	3.9%	1990	3.9%	2001	1.5%	2012	1%	2023	0.8%
1969	2.6%	1980	3.3%	1991	3.2%	2002	1.5%	2013	1%	2024	0.7%
1970	2.3%	1981	3.6%	1992	2.8%	2003	1.5%	2014	1%