Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Southern Africa

Government consumption in US dollars in Southern Africa in 2025 — 91,267,810,200 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12,606.9%.

2025 91.27B US$ +3.67% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 91.5B US$2011
Period minimum 718M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Southern Africa, 1960–2025025B50B75B100B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 718,255,044 US$1962: 922,633,385 US$1964: 1,181,163,584 US$1966: 1,444,468,340 US$1968: 1,750,569,726 US$1970: 2,305,675,225 US$1972: 2,735,516,617 US$1974: 4,497,282,469 US$1976: 5,360,381,340 US$1978: 7,032,786,530 US$1980: 12,082,453,137 US$1982: 13,408,225,817 US$1984: 14,281,460,846 US$1986: 13,059,919,212 US$1988: 18,732,200,287 US$1990: 23,740,171,581 US$1992: 28,313,959,450 US$1994: 29,999,739,660 US$1996: 30,701,065,295 US$1998: 28,538,516,191 US$2000: 27,501,340,538 US$2002: 23,600,828,260 US$2004: 46,683,473,774 US$2006: 52,499,365,205 US$2008: 59,773,181,627 US$2010: 82,769,664,566 US$2012: 90,419,992,203 US$2014: 83,392,393,702 US$2016: 71,418,480,202 US$2018: 88,927,237,950 US$2020: 79,710,504,134 US$2022: 86,884,506,786 US$2024: 88,033,511,152 US$2025: 91,267,810,200 US$
Change over the period: +90.55B (+12,606.88%) Average annual rate: 7.74 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 91.27B +3.23B +3.67%
2024 88.03B +4.78B +5.74%
2023 83.26B −3.63B −4.18%
2022 86.88B −4.34B −4.76%
2021 91.23B +11.52B +14.45%
2020 79.71B −6.92B −7.99%
2019 86.63B −2.29B −2.58%
2018 88.93B +5.59B +6.71%
2017 83.34B +11.92B +16.69%
2016 71.42B −3.53B −4.71%
2015 74.95B −8.44B −10.12%
2014 83.39B −2.7B −3.14%
2013 86.09B −4.33B −4.78%
2012 90.42B −1.08B −1.18%
2011 91.5B +8.73B +10.55%
2010 82.77B +17.6B +27%
2009 65.17B +5.4B +9.04%
2008 59.77B +1.2B +2.06%
2007 58.57B +6.07B +11.56%
2006 52.5B +2.53B +5.06%
2005 49.97B +3.29B +7.04%
2004 46.68B +10.71B +29.76%
2003 35.98B +12.38B +52.44%
2002 23.6B −1.01B −4.1%
2001 24.61B −2.89B −10.51%
2000 27.5B −430M −1.54%
1999 27.93B −607M −2.13%
1998 28.54B −3.46B −10.81%
1997 32B +1.3B +4.22%
1996 30.7B −91.33M −0.3%
1995 30.79B +793M +2.64%
1994 30B +1.32B +4.62%
1993 28.68B +361M +1.28%
1992 28.31B +2.71B +10.58%
1991 25.61B +1.87B +7.86%
1990 23.74B +4.31B +22.17%
1989 19.43B +700M +3.74%
1988 18.73B +834M +4.66%
1987 17.9B +4.84B +37.05%
1986 13.06B +1.93B +17.31%
1985 11.13B −3.15B −22.05%
1984 14.28B −390M −2.66%
1983 14.67B +1.26B +9.42%
1982 13.41B +222M +1.69%
1981 13.19B +1.1B +9.13%
1980 12.08B +3.44B +39.86%
1979 8.64B +1.61B +22.83%
1978 7.03B +1.25B +21.65%
1977 5.78B +421M +7.85%
1976 5.36B +107M +2.04%
1975 5.25B +756M +16.81%
1974 4.5B +1.03B +29.52%
1973 3.47B +737M +26.93%
1972 2.74B −27.15M −0.98%
1971 2.76B +457M +19.82%
1970 2.31B +296M +14.72%
1969 2.01B +259M +14.81%
1968 1.75B +172M +10.89%
1967 1.58B +134M +9.29%
1966 1.44B +124M +9.38%
1965 1.32B +139M +11.8%
1964 1.18B +200M +20.4%
1963 981M +58.42M +6.33%
1962 923M +137M +17.48%
1961 785M +67.1M +9.34%
1960 718M

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.