Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending

Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 5.64% of GDP in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.35 percentage points, or 4.35 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates: Military spendingMilitary spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 5.64% of GDP in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.35 percentage points, or 4.35 times that in Afghanistan.
AfghanistanUnited Arab EmiratesSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2004.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAfghanistanUnited Arab Emirates
20211.83–
20201.36–
20191.17–
20181.01–
20170.95–
20160.96–
20150.99–
20141.35.64
20131.086.04
20121.185.08
20111.825.47
20101.956.04
20092.095.46
20082.343.67
20072.573.28
20061.93.23
20051.993.66
20042.434.61
2003–4.69
2002–4.88
2001–5.61
2000–8.32
1999–7.67
1998–8.63
1997–6.76
19772.01–
19762.05–
19751.72–
19741.61–
19731.87–
19701.63–
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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.

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