United States vs South Africa

Military expenditure (current US$)

Compare historical data and trends between these two countries

United States

997,309,000,000 USD

Latest data: 2024

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South Africa

2,835,956,043 USD

Latest data: 2024

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Historical Comparison

Detailed Data

Year United States South Africa Difference
2024 997,309,000,000 USD 2,835,956,043 USD +994,473,043,957 USD
2023 916,014,700,000 USD 2,876,466,039 USD +913,138,233,961 USD
2022 860,692,200,000 USD 3,247,390,718 USD +857,444,809,282 USD
2021 806,230,200,000 USD 3,392,816,053 USD +802,837,383,947 USD
2020 778,397,200,000 USD 3,231,017,731 USD +775,166,182,269 USD
2019 734,344,100,000 USD 3,435,429,788 USD +730,908,670,212 USD
2018 682,491,400,000 USD 3,622,918,743 USD +678,868,481,257 USD
2017 646,752,927,000 USD 3,591,507,613 USD +643,161,419,387 USD
2016 639,856,443,000 USD 3,139,312,128 USD +636,717,130,872 USD
2015 633,829,639,000 USD 3,488,867,948 USD +630,340,771,052 USD
2014 647,789,000,000 USD 3,892,485,091 USD +643,896,514,909 USD
2013 679,229,000,000 USD 4,118,208,483 USD +675,110,791,517 USD
2012 725,205,000,000 USD 4,489,590,096 USD +720,715,409,904 USD
2011 752,288,000,000 USD 4,594,154,078 USD +747,693,845,922 USD
2010 738,005,000,000 USD 4,188,168,092 USD +733,816,831,908 USD
2009 705,917,000,000 USD 3,592,687,702 USD +702,324,312,298 USD
2008 656,756,000,000 USD 3,285,925,081 USD +653,470,074,919 USD
2007 589,586,000,000 USD 3,525,684,244 USD +586,060,315,756 USD
2006 558,335,000,000 USD 3,506,139,658 USD +554,828,860,342 USD
2005 533,203,000,000 USD 3,566,963,815 USD +529,636,036,185 USD
2004 492,999,376,159 USD 3,099,065,125 USD +489,900,311,034 USD
2003 440,532,069,586 USD 2,574,176,278 USD +437,957,893,308 USD
2002 378,463,138,754 USD 1,766,082,898 USD +376,697,055,856 USD
2001 331,805,610,572 USD 1,802,262,236 USD +330,003,348,336 USD
2000 320,086,324,211 USD 1,891,725,013 USD +318,194,599,198 USD
1999 298,094,891,322 USD 1,738,036,625 USD +296,356,854,697 USD
1998 290,996,055,088 USD 1,905,656,009 USD +289,090,399,080 USD
1997 293,167,825,791 USD 2,414,137,710 USD +290,753,688,081 USD
1996 287,960,668,679 USD 2,591,787,131 USD +285,368,881,548 USD
1995 295,853,097,725 USD 3,292,446,562 USD +292,560,651,163 USD
1994 308,084,000,000 USD 3,478,582,291 USD +304,605,417,709 USD
1993 316,719,443,747 USD 3,254,313,379 USD +313,465,130,369 USD
1992 325,033,735,955 USD 3,677,406,461 USD +321,356,329,494 USD
1991 299,372,779,115 USD 3,874,415,135 USD +295,498,363,980 USD
1990 325,129,313,986 USD 4,364,458,204 USD +320,764,855,782 USD
1989 321,866,558,808 USD 4,181,886,467 USD +317,684,672,341 USD
1988 309,661,269,301 USD 4,263,086,823 USD +305,398,182,478 USD
1987 304,086,648,683 USD 3,595,968,625 USD +300,490,680,058 USD
1986 295,546,223,804 USD 2,497,888,430 USD +293,048,335,373 USD
1985 272,163,229,313 USD 2,117,406,345 USD +270,045,822,968 USD
1984 245,149,168,289 USD 2,770,152,107 USD +242,379,016,182 USD
1983 223,427,165,006 USD 3,052,688,269 USD +220,374,476,737 USD
1982 221,673,542,584 USD 2,744,699,858 USD +218,928,842,726 USD
1981 176,558,875,271 USD 3,011,979,548 USD +173,546,895,723 USD
1980 143,688,354,873 USD 2,661,671,165 USD +141,026,683,708 USD
1979 126,879,927,117 USD 2,160,867,340 USD +124,719,059,777 USD
1978 113,382,063,749 USD 2,067,988,017 USD +111,314,075,732 USD
1977 104,665,218,972 USD 2,073,738,018 USD +102,591,480,953 USD
1976 94,715,251,080 USD 1,677,275,419 USD +93,037,975,660 USD
1975 92,080,928,754 USD 1,431,695,127 USD +90,649,233,627 USD
1974 89,278,920,340 USD 1,102,318,401 USD +88,176,601,939 USD
1973 81,469,794,408 USD 752,926,326 USD +80,716,868,082 USD
1972 80,708,070,966 USD 492,386,546 USD +80,215,684,420 USD
1971 78,237,979,893 USD 485,866,527 USD +77,752,113,366 USD
1970 83,407,993,005 USD 417,899,833 USD +82,990,093,172 USD
1969 84,990,165,431 USD 425,599,830 USD +84,564,565,601 USD
1968 84,329,031,218 USD 399,699,840 USD +83,929,331,378 USD
1967 78,398,442,241 USD 373,099,851 USD +78,025,342,390 USD
1966 66,442,751,527 USD 324,449,870 USD +66,118,301,657 USD
1965 54,561,791,263 USD 289,449,884 USD +54,272,341,379 USD
1964 53,432,327,058 USD 271,599,891 USD +53,160,727,167 USD
1963 54,561,215,775 USD 188,999,924 USD +54,372,215,851 USD
1962 54,650,942,605 USD 186,199,926 USD +54,464,742,680 USD
1961 49,879,770,605 USD 113,749,955 USD +49,766,020,651 USD
1960 47,346,552,670 USD 69,999,972 USD +47,276,552,698 USD

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Compare Military expenditure (current US$) data between United States and South Africa. Data is sourced from reliable international organizations and updated regularly.

Data sources: World Bank, IMF, OECD, Transparency International