Afghanistan vs Egypt

Afghanistan vs Egypt: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 1.9% a year in Afghanistan and 2.4% a year in Egypt, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Afghanistan.

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% a year · IMF

Afghanistan vs Egypt: GDP growthGDP growth in 2024: 1.9% a year in Afghanistan and 2.4% a year in Egypt, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Afghanistan.
AfghanistanEgyptIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Afghanistan.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Afghanistan at 1.5% a year in 2025.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 4.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAfghanistanEgypt
20241.92.4
20232.33.8
2022-6.26.7
2021-14.53.3
2020-2.43.6
20193.95.5
20181.25.3
20172.64.2
20162.24.3
201514.4
20142.72.9
20135.73.3
2012142.2
20116.51.8
20108.45.1
200920.64.7
20083.97.2
200713.37.1
20065.46.8
200511.84.5
20040.74.1
20038.73.2
2002–3.2
2001–3.5
2000–5.4
1999–6.1
1998–7.5
1997–5.9
1996–4.9
1995–4.5
1994–4.2
1993–2.9
1992–0.3
1991–2.1
1990–2.4
1989–3
1988–4
1987–4.3
1986–4.8
1985–7.4
1984–8
1983–8.9
1982–7.3
1981–2.2
1980–3.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearAfghanistanEgypt
20251.54.4
2026–5.1
2027–4.7
2028–5
2029–5.5
2030–4.8
2031–4.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

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