South Africa
Deaths in conflicts in South Africa
Deaths in conflicts in South Africa: 281 deaths in 1989 and 0 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0 deaths
- Since 1989
- −281 deaths
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 1,438 deaths in 1990, the lowest 0 deaths in 1997.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | South Africa |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 123 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 |
| 1997 | 0 |
| 1996 | 156 |
| 1995 | 143 |
| 1994 | 509 |
| 1993 | 889 |
| 1992 | 707 |
| 1991 | 695 |
| 1990 | 1,438 |
| 1989 | 281 |
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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South Africa in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$49 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel89,000 people in 2020
- National power0.55% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports115 million TIV in 2025