World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): South Africa

Most recent: 0.7002 (2024)
Earliest: 0.951 (1960)
Highest: 5.263 (1977)
Years reported: 65
Member state: South Africa at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	0.7002
2023	0.7546
2022	0.7985
2021	0.806
2020	0.9565
2019	0.8824
2018	0.8948
2017	0.9436
2016	0.971
2015	1.007
2014	1.022
2013	1.028
2012	1.034
2011	1.003
2010	1.003
2009	1.09
2008	1.039
2007	1.059
2006	1.154
2005	1.235
2004	1.356
2003	1.469
2002	1.529
2001	1.483
2000	1.387
1999	1.272
1998	1.383
1997	1.582
1996	1.756
1995	2.118
1994	2.562
1993	2.496
1992	2.818
1991	3.223
1990	3.896
1989	4.358
1988	4.624
1987	4.192
1986	3.821
1985	3.698
1984	3.696
1983	3.605
1982	3.614
1981	3.638
1980	3.305
1979	3.863
1978	4.562
1977	5.263
1976	4.728
1975	3.875
1974	3.085
1973	2.647
1972	2.373
1971	2.458
1970	2.334
1969	2.608
1968	2.761
1967	2.788
1966	2.705
1965	2.631
1964	2.696
1963	2.065
1962	2.255
1961	1.468
1960	0.951

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