Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan
Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Afghanistan and 8.8% a year in Uzbekistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 5.2 percentage points, or 2.45 times that in Afghanistan.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Afghanistan.
- In 2025, Afghanistan ranked 66 and Uzbekistan ranked 21 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Uzbekistan at 5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 | 8.8 |
| 2024 | -4.3 | 9.6 |
| 2023 | -7.7 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10.6 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 7.8 | 10.9 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 12.9 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 14.5 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 17.5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13.9 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 8.8 |
| 2015 | -0.7 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 9.1 |
| 2013 | 7.4 | 11.7 |
| 2012 | 6.4 | 11.9 |
| 2011 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 2.2 | 12.3 |
| 2009 | -6.8 | 12.3 |
| 2008 | 26.4 | 13.1 |
| 2007 | 8.7 | 11.2 |
| 2006 | 6.8 | 13.1 |
| 2005 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
| 2004 | 16.4 | 7.3 |
| 2003 | 35.7 | 12.5 |
| 2002 | – | 27.3 |
| 2001 | – | 27.3 |
| 2000 | – | 25 |
| 1999 | – | 29.1 |
| 1998 | – | 29 |
| 1997 | – | 70.9 |
| 1996 | – | 54 |
| 1995 | – | 304.6 |
| 1994 | – | 1,568 |
| 1993 | – | 534.2 |
| 1992 | – | 645.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Afghanistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 6.9 |
| 2027 | – | 5.7 |
| 2028 | – | 5 |
| 2029 | – | 5 |
| 2030 | – | 5 |
| 2031 | – | 5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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