Afghanistan vs Algeria

Afghanistan vs Algeria: Military spending

Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 8.83% of GDP in Algeria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Algeria, by 3.06 percentage points, or 2.68 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Afghanistan vs Algeria: Military spendingMilitary spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 8.83% of GDP in Algeria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Algeria, by 3.06 percentage points, or 2.68 times that in Afghanistan.
AfghanistanAlgeriaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Algeria has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Afghanistan.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAfghanistanAlgeria
2025–8.83
2024–7.97
2023–7.39
2022–4.06
20211.834.89
20201.365.89
20191.175.33
20181.014.93
20170.955.31
20160.965.65
20150.995.55
20141.34.97
20131.084.42
20121.184.11
20111.823.96
20101.953.19
20092.093.51
20082.342.87
20072.572.77
20061.92.51
20051.992.73
20042.433.05
2003–3
2002–3.42
2001–3.52
2000–3.43
1999–3.76
1998–3.97
1997–3.64
1996–3.09
1995–2.94
1994–3.15
1993–2.51
1992–2.14
1991–1.21
1990–1.46
1989–1.54
1988–1.75
1987–1.86
1986–1.79
1985–1.64
1984–1.76
1983–1.95
1982–2.06
1981–1.82
1980–2.1
1979–2.14
1978–2.38
19772.012.24
19762.052.7
19751.722.13
19741.611.96
19731.871.69
1972–1.8
1971–2.09
19701.632.13
1969–2.39
1968–2.62
1967–3.02
1966–3.51
1965–3.42
1964–3.5
1963–2.51
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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