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South Africa: General government total expenditure

2.59Tcurrent LCU · 2025+94.2% since 2015

General government total expenditure (current LCU). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XTGOV.IMF. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20252,589,061,000,000
20242,424,863,000,000
20232,284,183,000,000
20222,125,904,000,000
20212,026,775,000,000
20201,925,591,000,000
20191,765,967,000,000
20181,617,124,000,000
20171,516,346,000,000
20161,423,515,000,000
20151,333,492,000,000
20141,212,095,000,000
20131,118,424,000,000
20121,020,652,000,000
2011934,219,000,000
2010865,975,000,000
2009795,166,000,000
2008679,247,000,000
2007573,253,000,000
2006507,539,000,000
2005461,829,000,000
2004375,229,000,000
2003337,111,000,000
2002302,252,000,000
2001263,738,000,000
2000238,498,000,000

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). General government total expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xtgov-imf (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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