Afghanistan
Military spending per person in Afghanistan
Military spending per person in Afghanistan: $5 in 2004 and $7 in 2021, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2021
- $7
- Since 2004
- +$2
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $11 in 2011, the lowest $5 in 2005.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $7 |
| 2020 | $7 |
| 2019 | $6 |
| 2018 | $5 |
| 2017 | $5 |
| 2016 | $5 |
| 2015 | $6 |
| 2014 | $8 |
| 2013 | $7 |
| 2012 | $8 |
| 2011 | $11 |
| 2010 | $11 |
| 2009 | $9 |
| 2008 | $9 |
| 2007 | $8 |
| 2006 | $5 |
| 2005 | $5 |
| 2004 | $5 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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