Afghanistan vs Tajikistan
Afghanistan vs Tajikistan: Military spending
Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 1.47% of GDP in Tajikistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 0.83 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in Tajikistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Tajikistan.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Tajikistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.47 |
| 2024 | – | 1.33 |
| 2023 | – | 2.4 |
| 2022 | – | 1.93 |
| 2021 | 1.83 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.36 | 0.95 |
| 2019 | 1.17 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1.01 | 1.05 |
| 2017 | 0.95 | 1.04 |
| 2016 | 0.96 | 1.21 |
| 2015 | 0.99 | 1.28 |
| 2014 | 1.3 | 1.13 |
| 2013 | 1.08 | – |
| 2012 | 1.18 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1.82 | 1.09 |
| 2010 | 1.95 | 0.95 |
| 2009 | 2.09 | 0.95 |
| 2008 | 2.34 | 1.02 |
| 2007 | 2.57 | – |
| 2006 | 1.9 | – |
| 2005 | 1.99 | – |
| 2004 | 2.43 | 1.13 |
| 2003 | – | 1.12 |
| 2002 | – | 1.05 |
| 2001 | – | 0.58 |
| 2000 | – | 0.6 |
| 1999 | – | 1.39 |
| 1998 | – | 1.71 |
| 1997 | – | 1.7 |
| 1996 | – | 1.29 |
| 1995 | – | 1.1 |
| 1994 | – | 0 |
| 1993 | – | 0 |
| 1992 | – | 0 |
| 1977 | 2.01 | – |
| 1976 | 2.05 | – |
| 1975 | 1.72 | – |
| 1974 | 1.61 | – |
| 1973 | 1.87 | – |
| 1970 | 1.63 | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 Tajikistan
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Tajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Tajikistan: 55.3% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Tajikistan: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Tajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Tajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Tajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Tajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Tajikistan: 26.2% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Tajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Tajikistan: 3.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Tajikistan: $220M in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Tajikistan: $23 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Tajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Tajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Tajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Tajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Tajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025