Military expenditure in local currency rose 4.00% to ZAR 48.5 bil in South Africa in 2017, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in South Africa reached an all time high of ZAR 48.5 bil in 2017 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 5.41 bil, LSL 0.698 bil in Lesotho, NAD 6.04 bil in Namibia and SZL 1.16 bil in Swaziland in 2017.
South Africa has been ranked 64th within the group of 151 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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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