Afghanistan vs Yemen
Afghanistan vs Yemen: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2024: 1.9% a year in Afghanistan and -1.5% a year in Yemen, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 3.3 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Yemen.
- 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 Yemen at 2.5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 | -1.5 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | -9.3 |
| 2022 | -6.2 | -0.5 |
| 2021 | -14.5 | 6 |
| 2020 | -2.4 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | -4.4 |
| 2015 | 1 | -32 |
| 2014 | 2.7 | – |
| 2013 | 5.7 | – |
| 2012 | 14 | – |
| 2011 | 6.5 | – |
| 2010 | 8.4 | – |
| 2009 | 20.6 | – |
| 2008 | 3.9 | – |
| 2007 | 13.3 | – |
| 2006 | 5.4 | – |
| 2005 | 11.8 | – |
| 2004 | 0.7 | – |
| 2003 | 8.7 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Afghanistan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 2026 | – | -1.5 |
| 2028 | – | 1 |
| 2029 | – | 1.5 |
| 2030 | – | 2 |
| 2031 | – | 2.5 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986