Table 2 (above) shows the horizontal allocation of the provincial equitable share across all nine provinces. As shown in Table 2, KwaZulu-Natal Province received the highest share of R67.8 billion or 21.9 per cent followed by the Gauteng Province with R54.5 billion or 17.6 per cent, the Eastern Cape Province with R46.9 billion or 15.2 per cent and the Limpopo Province with R38.7 billion or 12.5 per cent. Provinces that received the smallest share included the Northern Cape Province with R8.3 billion or 2.7 per cent, the Free State Province with R18.5 billion or 6 per cent and the North West Province with R20.6 billion or 6.7 per cent.