Afghanistan vs the Gambia: Economic Indicators Comparison

Afghanistan with a GDP of $19.4B ranked the 116th largest economy in the world, while the Gambia ranked 178th with $1.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Afghanistan and the Gambia ranked 125th vs 80th and 191st vs 183rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanGambia
GDP$19.4B$1.6B
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%6.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%3.3%
Population34.9M2.1M
GDP per capita$521$716
GDP per capita growth-1.35%3.45%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.2713.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.27
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$2.8k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$1.6B
GNI per capita$550$710
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$5.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$2.6k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanGambia
Income Tax Rate20%35%
Corporate Tax Rate20%32%
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%6.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%5.2%
Unemployment1.5%8.9%
Economic Freedom Index54.756.3
Personal Freedom Index45.86
Human Freedom Index46.52
Property Rights Index48.343.9
Judical Effectiveness Index3043.4
Business Freedom Index54.753.5
Fiscal Health Index99.925.3
Labor Freedom Index61.667.4
Investment Freedom Index1065
Financial Freedom Index1050
Trade Freedom Index6664.6
Monetary Freedom Index8163.3
Government Spending Index79.285.6
Tax Burden Index91.474.6
Government Integrity Index24.839.2
Corruption Perceptions Index1637
Life expectancy at birth, years64.161.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.75.1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.129.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.19.1
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A552k

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanGambia
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%83.2%
External debt stocks, % of GNI13.4%42.7%
External debt stocks$2.6B$681.4M
Short-term debt, % of total reserves4.4%9.4%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income4.9%16.8%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI2.7%-12.7%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%8.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%17%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$191.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$33M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanGambia
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%21.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%41.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B-$78.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%10.1%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3B$126M
Personal remittances received$803.5M$203.6M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%15.6%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%19.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4MN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13kN/A
Expense, % of GDP36.7%10.7%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%21.9%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Afghanistan vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M
Burundi
$272
10.9M

Gambia vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M
Burundi
$272
10.9M