Afghanistan vs Germany: Economic Indicators Comparison

Germany with a GDP of $3.9T ranked the 4th largest economy in the world, while Afghanistan ranked 116th with $19.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Germany and Afghanistan ranked 136th vs 125th and 19th vs 191st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanGermany
GDP$19.4B$3.9T
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%1.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%1.9%
Population34.9M83.1M
GDP per capita$521$48k
GDP per capita growth-1.35%1.2%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.270.76
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.9
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$53k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$3.9T
GNI per capita$550$47k
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$4.5T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$55k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanGermany
Income Tax Rate20%47.5%
Corporate Tax Rate20%15.8%
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%1.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%1.5%
Unemployment1.5%3.4%
Economic Freedom Index54.773.5
Personal Freedom Index49.14
Human Freedom Index48.42
Property Rights Index48.380.5
Judical Effectiveness Index3074.3
Business Freedom Index54.782.8
Fiscal Health Index99.992.9
Labor Freedom Index61.653
Investment Freedom Index1080
Financial Freedom Index1070
Trade Freedom Index6686.4
Monetary Freedom Index8176.7
Government Spending Index79.242.2
Tax Burden Index91.460.9
Government Integrity Index24.882.8
Corruption Perceptions Index1680
Life expectancy at birth, years64.181
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.713.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.14.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.11
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A38.9M

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanGermany
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%59.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNI13.4%N/A
External debt stocks$2.6BN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves4.4%N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income4.9%N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI2.7%14.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%29.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%21.8%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$198B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$105.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanGermany
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%47.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%41.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B$289.9B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%28.5%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3BN/A
Personal remittances received$803.5M$18B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%27.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%0.8%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4M$15.6B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13k$24.4B
Expense, % of GDP36.7%28.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%43.9%

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
Gambia
$716
2.1M
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

Germany vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Switzerland
$83k
8.47M
Norway
$82k
5.37M
Cayman Islands
$81k
58.4k
Ireland
$79k
4.76M
Iceland
$73k
357k
Qatar
$69k
2.64M
Singapore
$65k
5.89M
United States
$63k
325M
Denmark
$61k
5.83M
Australia
$57k
24.5M
Sweden
$55k
10.3M
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
United Kingdom
$43k
66M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Kuwait
$34k
4.6M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k
South Korea
$31k
51.5M
Spain
$30k
46.7M