Afghanistan vs Pakistan: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 1.9% a year in Afghanistan and 2.6% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in Afghanistan.

Watch it change on the map

% a year · IMF

AfghanistanPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2024, 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 Pakistan at 4.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Afghanistan	Pakistan
2024	1.9	2.6
2023	2.3	-0.2
2022	-6.2	6.2
2021	-14.5	5.8
2020	-2.4	-0.9
2019	3.9	3.1
2018	1.2	6.1
2017	2.6	4.6
2016	2.2	4.1
2015	1	3.8
2014	2.7	3.6
2013	5.7	3.9
2012	14	3.2
2011	6.5	3.2
2010	8.4	2.3
2009	20.6	1.1
2008	3.9	4.4
2007	13.3	5.1
2006	5.4	5.7
2005	11.8	8
2004	0.7	7.7
2003	8.7	5.2
2002	–	2.6
2001	–	3.6
2000	–	3.9
1999	–	4.2
1998	–	3.5
1997	–	1.7
1996	–	6.6
1995	–	5.1
1994	–	4.4
1993	–	2.1
1992	–	7.6
1991	–	5.1
1990	–	4.6
1989	–	4.8
1988	–	6.4
1987	–	5.8
1986	–	6.4
1985	–	8.7
1984	–	4
1983	–	6.8
1982	–	7.6
1981	–	6.2
1980	–	6.9

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031

Year	Afghanistan	Pakistan
2025	1.5	3.2
2026	–	3.6
2027	–	3.5
2028	–	4.3
2029	–	4.5
2030	–	4.5
2031	–	4.5

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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Afghanistan vs Pakistan

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Deaths in conflictsAfghanistan: 1,498 deaths in 2022Pakistan: 738 deaths in 2022