Military expenditure in local currency rose 2.86% to ZAR 50.0 bil in South Africa in 2019, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in South Africa reached an all time high of ZAR 50.0 bil in 2019 and an all time low of ZAR 0.050 bil in 1960. When compared to South Africa's main peers, military expenditure in local currency in Botswana amounted to BWP 5.55 bil, LSL 0.648 bil in Lesotho, NAD 5.92 bil in Namibia and SZL 1.26 bil in Swaziland in 2019.
South Africa has been ranked 59th within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency.
| Military Expenditure (Local Currency) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Angola | AOA bil | 452 | 508 | 501 | 536 | 574 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | BWP bil | 5.61 | 5.41 | 5.08 | 5.53 | 5.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | LSL bil | 0.611 | 0.698 | 0.676 | 0.648 | 0.636 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | MZN bil | 7.00 | 8.30 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | NAD bil | 6.26 | 6.04 | 6.03 | 5.98 | 6.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | ZAR bil | 46.2 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 53.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | SZL bil | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | ZMW bil | ... | ... | 3.09 | 3.20 | 3.96 | 3.77 | 3.88 | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ZWD bil | ... | ... | ... | 0.358 | 0.341 | 0.420 | 1.37 | 3.11 |
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