Afghanistan
GDP growth in Afghanistan
GDP growth in Afghanistan: 8.7% a year in 2003 and 1.9% a year in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 1.9% a year
- Since 2003
- −6.8 percentage points
- Projected, 2025
- 1.5% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1.5% a year in 2025.
- The highest was 20.6% a year in 2009, the lowest -14.5% a year in 2021.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | -6.2 |
| 2021 | -14.5 |
| 2020 | -2.4 |
| 2019 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 2.2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 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) · 2025–2025
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 |
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.
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Afghanistan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.83% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$8.55M in 1977
- Military spending per person$7 in 2021
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2020
- Armed forces personnel165,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.82% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports65 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1992