Afghanistan
Military share of state spending in Afghanistan
Military share of state spending in Afghanistan: 16.1% of government spending in 2004 and 5% of government spending in 2020, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 5% of government spending
- Since 2004
- −11.2 percentage points
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 16.1% of government spending in 2004, the lowest 3.7% of government spending in 2017.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4.3 |
| 2018 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 3.7 |
| 2016 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 5.1 |
| 2013 | 4.3 |
| 2012 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 8.3 |
| 2010 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 9.9 |
| 2008 | 11.2 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2006 | 10.4 |
| 2005 | 12.7 |
| 2004 | 16.1 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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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- Military spending1.83% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$8.55M in 1977
- Military spending per person$7 in 2021
- 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