Afghanistan vs Israel
Afghanistan vs Israel: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 7.6% of GDP in Afghanistan and 67.9% of GDP in Israel, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 60.2 percentage points, or 8.9 times that in Afghanistan.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Afghanistan.
- In 2025, Afghanistan ranked 146 and Israel ranked 40 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6 | 67.9 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 67.7 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 61.9 |
| 2022 | 10.6 | 60.9 |
| 2021 | 11.1 | 68.2 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 71.4 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 59.5 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 60.3 |
| 2017 | 8 | 60.1 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 62 |
| 2015 | 9.2 | 63.2 |
| 2014 | 8.7 | 66.1 |
| 2013 | 6.9 | 66.4 |
| 2012 | 6.8 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 7.5 | 67.5 |
| 2010 | 7.7 | 69.4 |
| 2009 | 16.3 | 73 |
| 2008 | 19.1 | 70.6 |
| 2007 | 20.1 | 71.2 |
| 2006 | 23 | 78.1 |
| 2005 | 206.4 | 85.7 |
| 2004 | 245 | 88.7 |
| 2003 | 270.6 | 90.1 |
| 2002 | 346 | 87.6 |
| 2001 | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | 77.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Afghanistan | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 68.8 |
| 2027 | – | 69.5 |
| 2028 | – | 70.5 |
| 2029 | – | 71.2 |
| 2030 | – | 71.9 |
| 2031 | – | 72.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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.
- Ranks count the 149 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 Israel
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025