Afghanistan vs Syria
Afghanistan vs Syria: Internet users
Internet users: 16.1% in Afghanistan in 2024 and 33.8% in Syria in 2018, by ITU estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Syria, by 17 percentage points, or 2.01 times that in Afghanistan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 2001.
- The world as a whole: 49.4% in 2018.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Afghanistan | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 16.1 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 15.9 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 15.9 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 16.5 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 17.1 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 17.6 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 16.8 | 33.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 13.5 | 32.7 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 11 | 31.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 8.3 | 30 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 28.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 5.9 | 26.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 24.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 22.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 20.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 3.6 | 17.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1.8 | 14 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 4.3 | – |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 3.4 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | 2.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | 0.4 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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