Afghanistan vs Tajikistan
Afghanistan vs Tajikistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $220M in Tajikistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Tajikistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $220M |
| 2024 | – | $184M |
| 2023 | – | $296M |
| 2022 | – | $222M |
| 2021 | – | $107M |
| 2020 | – | $91.9M |
| 2019 | – | $98.9M |
| 2018 | – | $101M |
| 2017 | – | $93.8M |
| 2016 | – | $99.7M |
| 2015 | – | $99M |
| 2014 | – | $86.8M |
| 2012 | – | $67.9M |
| 2011 | – | $65.4M |
| 2010 | – | $52.6M |
| 2009 | – | $46.9M |
| 2008 | – | $45.6M |
| 2004 | – | $54.6M |
| 2003 | – | $46.5M |
| 2002 | – | $35.9M |
| 2001 | – | $16.9M |
| 2000 | – | $17M |
| 1999 | – | $19.7M |
| 1998 | – | $23.5M |
| 1997 | – | $20.5M |
| 1996 | – | $14.3M |
| 1995 | – | $13.3M |
| 1994 | – | $46.2M |
| 1993 | – | $146M |
| 1992 | – | $40.9M |
| 1977 | $8.55M | – |
| 1976 | $8.11M | – |
| 1975 | $6.36M | – |
| 1974 | $6.06M | – |
| 1973 | $6.23M | – |
| 1970 | $5.37M | – |
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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.
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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 spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Tajikistan: 1.47% of GDP 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