Afghanistan vs Pakistan: National power

National power in 2022: 0.29% of world capability in Afghanistan and 1.77% of world capability in Pakistan, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.48 percentage points, or 6.07 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

AfghanistanPakistan

What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1947.
In 2022, Afghanistan ranked 50 and Pakistan ranked 9 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Afghanistan	Pakistan
2022	0.29	1.77
2021	0.32	1.8
2020	0.33	1.77
2019	0.32	1.77
2018	0.32	1.8
2017	0.32	1.8
2016	0.28	1.51
2015	0.3	1.48
2014	0.3	1.45
2013	0.3	1.43
2012	0.27	1.45
2011	0.24	1.42
2010	0.18	1.4
2009	0.15	1.4
2008	0.15	1.41
2007	0.14	1.43
2006	0.12	1.42
2005	0.12	1.41
2004	0.16	1.39
2003	0.17	1.38
2002	0.16	1.37
2001	0.12	1.33
2000	0.41	1.33
1999	0.41	1.34
1998	0.12	1.35
1997	0.12	1.31
1996	0.12	1.27
1995	0.12	1.25
1994	0.15	1.24
1993	0.14	1.23
1992	0.14	1.21
1991	0.13	1.16
1990	0.12	1.08
1989	0.13	1.05
1988	0.13	1
1987	0.13	1
1986	0.13	0.99
1985	0.11	0.99
1984	0.11	0.97
1983	0.12	0.96
1982	0.13	1.03
1981	0.12	0.99
1980	0.12	0.94
1979	0.14	0.97
1978	0.16	0.95
1977	0.18	1
1976	0.18	0.99
1975	0.17	0.92
1974	0.14	0.84
1973	0.15	0.89
1972	0.14	0.81
1971	0.14	0.99
1970	0.14	1.33
1969	0.14	1.33
1968	0.14	1.31
1967	0.14	1.13
1966	0.15	1.11
1965	0.15	1.11
1964	0.16	1.09
1963	0.17	1.07
1962	0.17	1.05
1961	0.18	1.06
1960	0.13	1.03
1959	0.12	1.03
1958	0.12	1.02
1957	0.12	0.99
1956	0.12	0.98
1955	0.12	0.99
1954	0.12	1.01
1953	0.12	1.03
1952	0.13	1.04
1951	0.14	1.09
1950	0.16	1.13
1949	0.2	1.14
1948	0.23	1.18
1947	0.25	1.14
1946	0.25	–
1945	0.16	–
1944	0.17	–
1943	0.18	–
1942	0.18	–
1941	0.2	–
1940	0.17	–
1939	0.3	–
1938	0.31	–
1937	0.35	–
1936	0.3	–
1935	0.24	–
1934	0.23	–
1933	0.32	–
1932	0.26	–
1931	0.26	–
1930	0.3	–
1929	0.3	–
1928	0.3	–
1927	0.36	–
1926	0.35	–
1925	0.35	–
1924	0.31	–
1923	0.27	–
1922	0.22	–
1921	0.2	–
1920	0.2	–
1919	0.25	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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