Afghanistan vs Nigeria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Nigeria with a GDP of $397.3B ranked the 32nd largest economy in the world, while Afghanistan ranked 116th with $19.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Nigeria and Afghanistan ranked 132nd vs 125th and 149th vs 191st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanNigeria
GDP$19.4B$397.3B
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%1.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%2%
Population34.9M190.9M
GDP per capita$521$2k
GDP per capita growth-1.35%-0.67%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.27110.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$6k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$384.8B
GNI per capita$550$2k
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$1.1T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$5.7k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanNigeria
Income Tax Rate20%24%
Corporate Tax Rate20%30%
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%12.1%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%10.2%
Unemployment1.5%6%
Economic Freedom Index54.757.2
Personal Freedom Index46.01
Human Freedom Index46.1
Property Rights Index48.338.1
Judical Effectiveness Index3032.2
Business Freedom Index54.754.7
Fiscal Health Index99.964.1
Labor Freedom Index61.684
Investment Freedom Index1045
Financial Freedom Index1040
Trade Freedom Index6662.4
Monetary Freedom Index8161.7
Government Spending Index79.296.2
Tax Burden Index91.485.1
Government Integrity Index24.822.3
Corruption Perceptions Index1627
Life expectancy at birth, years64.154
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.79.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.121.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.19.9
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A5.3M

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanNigeria
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%28.4%
External debt stocks, % of GNI13.4%12.4%
External debt stocks$2.6B$47B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves4.4%0%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income4.9%8.3%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI2.7%1.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%19.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%19.8%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$42.8B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$2B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanNigeria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%15.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%17.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B$5.3B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3B$2B
Personal remittances received$803.5M$24.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%25.7%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%21.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4M$252.8M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13k$7.8M
Expense, % of GDP36.7%N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%11.2%

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

Nigeria vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M