Afghanistan vs Syria
Afghanistan vs Syria: Inflation
Inflation: 3.6% a year in Afghanistan in 2025 and 4.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 2.2 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Afghanistan.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Afghanistan.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 | – |
| 2024 | -4.3 | – |
| 2023 | -7.7 | – |
| 2022 | 10.6 | – |
| 2021 | 7.8 | – |
| 2020 | 5.6 | – |
| 2019 | 2.3 | – |
| 2018 | 0.6 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | – |
| 2016 | 4.4 | – |
| 2015 | -0.7 | – |
| 2014 | 4.7 | – |
| 2013 | 7.4 | – |
| 2012 | 6.4 | – |
| 2011 | 11.8 | – |
| 2010 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | -6.8 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 26.4 | 15.2 |
| 2007 | 8.7 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 6.8 | 10.4 |
| 2005 | 10.6 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | 16.4 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 35.7 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | – | -0.5 |
| 2001 | – | 3.4 |
| 2000 | – | -3.9 |
| 1999 | – | -3.7 |
| 1998 | – | -1 |
| 1997 | – | 1.9 |
| 1996 | – | 8.9 |
| 1995 | – | 7.7 |
| 1994 | – | 15.3 |
| 1993 | – | 13.2 |
| 1992 | – | 11.1 |
| 1991 | – | 9 |
| 1990 | – | 11.1 |
| 1989 | – | 15.4 |
| 1988 | – | 30 |
| 1987 | – | 71.4 |
| 1986 | – | 36.2 |
| 1985 | – | 16.8 |
| 1984 | – | 9.5 |
| 1983 | – | 6 |
| 1982 | – | 14.3 |
| 1981 | – | 18.4 |
| 1980 | – | 19.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- Ranks count the 179 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010