Afghanistan vs China
Afghanistan vs China: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $335B in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | China |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $335B |
| 2024 | – | $312B |
| 2023 | – | $292B |
| 2022 | – | $274B |
| 2021 | – | $263B |
| 2020 | – | $256B |
| 2019 | – | $244B |
| 2018 | – | $233B |
| 2017 | – | $220B |
| 2016 | – | $207B |
| 2015 | – | $196B |
| 2014 | – | $182B |
| 2013 | – | $168B |
| 2012 | – | $156B |
| 2011 | – | $141B |
| 2010 | – | $132B |
| 2009 | – | $125B |
| 2008 | – | $103B |
| 2007 | – | $94.4B |
| 2006 | – | $85.9B |
| 2005 | – | $74.6B |
| 2004 | – | $68B |
| 2003 | – | $61.7B |
| 2002 | – | $57B |
| 2001 | – | $49.6B |
| 2000 | – | $41.9B |
| 1999 | – | $38.7B |
| 1998 | – | $31.7B |
| 1997 | – | $29.1B |
| 1996 | – | $27.2B |
| 1995 | – | $25.7B |
| 1994 | – | $24.8B |
| 1993 | – | $25.7B |
| 1992 | – | $28B |
| 1991 | – | $23B |
| 1990 | – | $21.6B |
| 1989 | – | $19.9B |
| 1977 | $8.55M | – |
| 1976 | $8.11M | – |
| 1975 | $6.36M | – |
| 1974 | $6.06M | – |
| 1973 | $6.23M | – |
| 1970 | $5.37M | – |
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Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs China
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992China: 880 million TIV in 2025