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| 1951 | 64.7M | 1976 | 1.68B | 2001 | 1.8B |
| 1952 | 74.5M | 1977 | 2.07B | 2002 | 1.77B |
| 1953 | 65.8M | 1978 | 2.07B | 2003 | 2.57B |
| 1954 | 63M | 1979 | 2.16B | 2004 | 3.1B |
| 1955 | 67.2M | 1980 | 2.66B | 2005 | 3.57B |
| 1956 | 77M | 1981 | 3.01B | 2006 | 3.51B |
| 1957 | 81.9M | 1982 | 2.74B | 2007 | 3.53B |
| 1958 | 63.7M | 1983 | 3.05B | 2008 | 3.29B |
| 1959 | 60.5M | 1984 | 2.77B | 2009 | 3.59B |
| 1960 | 70M | 1985 | 2.12B | 2010 | 4.19B |
| 1961 | 114M | 1986 | 2.5B | 2011 | 4.59B |
| 1962 | 186M | 1987 | 3.6B | 2012 | 4.49B |
| 1963 | 189M | 1988 | 4.26B | 2013 | 4.12B |
| 1964 | 272M | 1989 | 4.18B | 2014 | 3.89B |
| 1965 | 289M | 1990 | 4.36B | 2015 | 3.49B |
| 1966 | 324M | 1991 | 3.87B | 2016 | 3.14B |
| 1967 | 373M | 1992 | 3.68B | 2017 | 3.6B |
| 1968 | 400M | 1993 | 3.25B | 2018 | 3.63B |
| 1969 | 426M | 1994 | 3.48B | 2019 | 3.44B |
| 1970 | 418M | 1995 | 3.29B | 2020 | 3.23B |
| 1971 | 486M | 1996 | 2.59B | 2021 | 3.55B |
| 1972 | 492M | 1997 | 2.41B | 2022 | 3.46B |
| 1973 | 753M | 1998 | 1.91B | 2023 | 3.06B |
| 1974 | 1.1B | 1999 | 1.74B | 2024 | 3.03B |
| 1975 | 1.43B | 2000 | 1.89B | 2025 | 3.17B |
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| 1951 | 1.6% | 1976 | 4.7% | 2001 | 1.5% |
| 1952 | 1.7% | 1977 | 5.3% | 2002 | 1.5% |
| 1953 | 1.4% | 1978 | 4.6% | 2003 | 1.5% |
| 1954 | 1.2% | 1979 | 3.9% | 2004 | 1.4% |
| 1955 | 1.2% | 1980 | 3.3% | 2005 | 1.2% |
| 1956 | 1.3% | 1981 | 3.6% | 2006 | 1.2% |
| 1957 | 1.3% | 1982 | 3.6% | 2007 | 1.1% |
| 1958 | 1% | 1983 | 3.6% | 2008 | 1% |
| 1959 | 0.9% | 1984 | 3.7% | 2009 | 1.1% |
| 1960 | 1% | 1985 | 3.7% | 2010 | 1% |
| 1961 | 1.5% | 1986 | 3.8% | 2011 | 1% |
| 1962 | 2.3% | 1987 | 4.2% | 2012 | 1% |
| 1963 | 2.1% | 1988 | 4.6% | 2013 | 1% |
| 1964 | 2.7% | 1989 | 4.4% | 2014 | 1% |
| 1965 | 2.6% | 1990 | 3.9% | 2015 | 1% |
| 1966 | 2.7% | 1991 | 3.2% | 2016 | 1% |
| 1967 | 2.8% | 1992 | 2.8% | 2017 | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 2.8% | 1993 | 2.5% | 2018 | 0.9% |
| 1969 | 2.6% | 1994 | 2.6% | 2019 | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 2.3% | 1995 | 2.1% | 2020 | 1% |
| 1971 | 2.5% | 1996 | 1.8% | 2021 | 0.8% |
| 1972 | 2.4% | 1997 | 1.6% | 2022 | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 2.6% | 1998 | 1.4% | 2023 | 0.8% |
| 1974 | 3.1% | 1999 | 1.3% | 2024 | 0.8% |
| 1975 | 3.9% | 2000 | 1.4% | 2025 | 0.7% |
South Africa Military Spending Trend