Afghanistan vs Iran
Afghanistan vs Iran: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 87.8% in Afghanistan and 100% in Iran, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 12.2 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Afghanistan.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Afghanistan | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 87.8 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 85.3 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 85.3 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 97.7 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 97.7 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 97.7 | 100 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 93.4 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 97.7 | 99.9 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 97.7 | 100 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 71.5 | 100 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 89.5 | 100 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 68 | 99.8 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 69.1 | 99.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 43.2 | 99.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 42.7 | 99.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 48.3 | 99.7 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 42.4 | 98.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 38.4 | 98.7 | 82 |
| 2006 | 33.5 | 98.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 28.7 | 98.4 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 23.8 | 98.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | 19 | 98.2 | 80 |
| 2002 | 14.1 | 98.1 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 9.3 | 98.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 4.4 | 97.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | – | 73.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025