Q12.
Is the defence budget transparent, showing key items of expenditure? And it is provided to the legislature in a timely fashion?
12a. Comprehensiveness
Score
SCORE: 75/100
Rubric
South Africa score: 75/100
Score: 0/100
There is no information available about the budget.
Score: 25/100
A topline figure is published for the defence budget, but it is not broken down into functions or areas.
Score: 50/100
The defence budget may be completely missing areas listed in score 4, or information that is provided is highly aggregated or vague for most functions.
Score: 75/100
The defence budget contains comprehensive information on expenditure across functions, but information on some functions listed in score 4 may be not be available in disaggregated form.
Score: 100/100
The defence budget contains comprehensive and disaggregated information on expenditure across functions. Information includes personnel (salaries, allowances), military R&D, training, construction, procurement/acquisitions, maintenance of equipment, disposal of assets, and administrative expenses (Ministry of Defence or other services).
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12b. Timeliness
Score
SCORE: 100/100
Rubric
South Africa score: 100/100
Score: 0/100
The legislature either receives no information, or it receives misleading or inaccurate information on proposed defence expenditures.
Score: 50/100
The legislature receives an accurate defence budget proposal less than two months before the start of the budget year.
Score: 100/100
The legislature receives an accurate defence budget proposal between 2-4 months before the start of the budget year.
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Compare scores by country
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Country | 12a. Comprehensiveness | 12b. Timeliness |
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Albania | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Algeria | 25 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Angola | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Argentina | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Armenia | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Australia | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Azerbaijan | 25 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Bahrain | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Bangladesh | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Belgium | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Botswana | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Brazil | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Burkina Faso | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Cameroon | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Canada | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Chile | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
China | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Colombia | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 50 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Denmark | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Egypt | 25 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Estonia | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Finland | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
France | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Germany | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Ghana | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Greece | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Hungary | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
India | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Indonesia | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Iran | 50 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Iraq | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Israel | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Italy | 100 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Japan | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Jordan | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Kenya | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Kosovo | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Kuwait | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Latvia | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Lebanon | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Lithuania | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Malaysia | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Mali | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Mexico | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Montenegro | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Morocco | 50 / 100 | NEI |
Myanmar | 25 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Netherlands | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
New Zealand | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Niger | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Nigeria | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
North Macedonia | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Norway | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Oman | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Palestine | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Philippines | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Poland | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Portugal | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Qatar | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Russia | 25 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Saudi Arabia | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Serbia | 75 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Singapore | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
South Africa | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
South Korea | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
South Sudan | 25 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Spain | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Sudan | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Sweden | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Switzerland | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Taiwan | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Tanzania | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Thailand | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Tunisia | 25 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Turkey | 25 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Uganda | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Ukraine | 75 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
United Arab Emirates | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
United Kingdom | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
United States | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Venezuela | 0 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Zimbabwe | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |