Afghanistan
Military spending in Afghanistan
Military spending in Afghanistan: 1.63% of GDP in 1970 and 1.83% of GDP in 2021, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2021
- 1.83% of GDP
- Since 1970
- +0.2 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.57% of GDP in 2007, the lowest 0.95% of GDP in 2017.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.83 |
| 2020 | 1.36 |
| 2019 | 1.17 |
| 2018 | 1.01 |
| 2017 | 0.95 |
| 2016 | 0.96 |
| 2015 | 0.99 |
| 2014 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 1.08 |
| 2012 | 1.18 |
| 2011 | 1.82 |
| 2010 | 1.95 |
| 2009 | 2.09 |
| 2008 | 2.34 |
| 2007 | 2.57 |
| 2006 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 1.99 |
| 2004 | 2.43 |
| 1977 | 2.01 |
| 1976 | 2.05 |
| 1975 | 1.72 |
| 1974 | 1.61 |
| 1973 | 1.87 |
| 1970 | 1.63 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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Afghanistan in numbers
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- 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