Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan
Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan: GDP growth
GDP growth: 1.9% a year in Afghanistan in 2024 and 7.7% a year in Uzbekistan in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 4.8 percentage points, or 3.56 times that in Afghanistan.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Afghanistan.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Afghanistan at 1.5% a year in 2025.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Uzbekistan at 5.7% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 6.3 |
| 2022 | -6.2 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | -14.5 | 8.2 |
| 2020 | -2.4 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 4.7 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7.9 |
| 2014 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| 2013 | 5.7 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 14 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
| 2010 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| 2009 | 20.6 | 8.1 |
| 2008 | 3.9 | 9 |
| 2007 | 13.3 | 9.5 |
| 2006 | 5.4 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 11.8 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | 8.7 | 4.2 |
| 2002 | – | 4 |
| 2001 | – | 4.2 |
| 2000 | – | 3.8 |
| 1999 | – | 4.3 |
| 1998 | – | 4.3 |
| 1997 | – | 5.2 |
| 1996 | – | 1.7 |
| 1995 | – | -0.9 |
| 1994 | – | -5.2 |
| 1993 | – | -2.3 |
| 1992 | – | -11.1 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Afghanistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 7.8 |
| 2027 | – | 6.5 |
| 2028 | – | 6 |
| 2029 | – | 5.8 |
| 2030 | – | 5.7 |
| 2031 | – | 5.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 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 Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016