Afghanistan vs Pakistan
Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $11.5B in Pakistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1977 the value was higher in Pakistan, by $1.75B, or 210 times that in Afghanistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $11.5B |
| 2024 | – | $10.3B |
| 2023 | – | $9.78B |
| 2022 | – | $11.2B |
| 2021 | – | $12B |
| 2020 | – | $11.5B |
| 2019 | – | $11.7B |
| 2018 | – | $11.8B |
| 2017 | – | $10.6B |
| 2016 | – | $9.66B |
| 2015 | – | $9.34B |
| 2014 | – | $8.6B |
| 2013 | – | $8.17B |
| 2012 | – | $7.9B |
| 2011 | – | $7.45B |
| 2010 | – | $7.07B |
| 2009 | – | $6.76B |
| 2008 | – | $6.56B |
| 2007 | – | $6.96B |
| 2006 | – | $6.91B |
| 2005 | – | $6.8B |
| 2004 | – | $6.53B |
| 2003 | – | $6.27B |
| 2002 | – | $5.87B |
| 2001 | – | $5.46B |
| 2000 | – | $5.1B |
| 1999 | – | $5.09B |
| 1998 | – | $5.04B |
| 1997 | – | $5.04B |
| 1996 | – | $5.27B |
| 1995 | – | $5.27B |
| 1994 | – | $5.18B |
| 1993 | – | $5.33B |
| 1992 | – | $5.36B |
| 1991 | – | $5.04B |
| 1990 | – | $4.71B |
| 1989 | – | $4.46B |
| 1988 | – | $4.45B |
| 1987 | – | $4.3B |
| 1986 | – | $3.93B |
| 1985 | – | $3.65B |
| 1984 | – | $3.36B |
| 1983 | – | $3.12B |
| 1982 | – | $2.8B |
| 1981 | – | $2.32B |
| 1980 | – | $2.14B |
| 1979 | – | $1.98B |
| 1978 | – | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $8.55M | $1.76B |
| 1976 | $8.11M | $1.77B |
| 1975 | $6.36M | $1.75B |
| 1974 | $6.06M | $1.67B |
| 1973 | $6.23M | $1.68B |
| 1972 | – | $1.8B |
| 1971 | – | $1.6B |
| 1970 | $5.37M | $1.44B |
| 1969 | – | $1.32B |
| 1968 | – | $1.21B |
| 1967 | – | $1.18B |
| 1966 | – | $1.45B |
| 1965 | – | $1.24B |
| 1964 | – | $770M |
| 1963 | – | $683M |
| 1962 | – | $632M |
| 1961 | – | $660M |
| 1960 | – | $666M |
| 1959 | – | $640M |
| 1958 | – | $543M |
| 1957 | – | $523M |
| 1956 | – | $630M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025