Afghanistan vs the Palestine: Economic Indicators Comparison

Afghanistan with a GDP of $19.4B ranked the 116th largest economy in the world, while the Palestine ranked 125th with $14.6B. By GDP per capita, Afghanistan and the Palestine ranked 191st vs 132nd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanPalestine
GDP$19.4B$14.6B
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%0.91%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%N/A
Population34.9M4.7M
GDP per capita$521$3.2k
GDP per capita growth-1.35%-1.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.272.23
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.62
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$5.2k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$17B
GNI per capita$550$3.7k
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$27.4B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$6k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanPalestine
Income Tax Rate20%N/A
Corporate Tax Rate20%N/A
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%-0.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%-0.1%
Unemployment1.5%26.3%
Economic Freedom Index54.730
Personal Freedom Index44.1
Human Freedom Index44
Property Rights Index48.3N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index30N/A
Business Freedom Index54.7N/A
Fiscal Health Index99.9N/A
Labor Freedom Index61.6N/A
Investment Freedom Index10N/A
Financial Freedom Index10N/A
Trade Freedom Index66N/A
Monetary Freedom Index81N/A
Government Spending Index79.2N/A
Tax Burden Index91.4N/A
Government Integrity Index24.8N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index1618
Life expectancy at birth, years64.173.7
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.74.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.119.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.10.7
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A606k

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanPalestine
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%N/A
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%N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%12.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%24.2%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$537.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$262.5M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanPalestine
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%19.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%59.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B-$1.7B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%6.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3B$2.1B
Personal remittances received$803.5M$2.5B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%19.6%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%3.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4M$1.4M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13k$1.6k
Expense, % of GDP36.7%8.3%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%N/A

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

Palestine vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M
Algeria
$4.1k
41.3M
Sri Lanka
$4.1k
21.4M
El Salvador
$4.1k
6.42M
Indonesia
$3.9k
264M
Marshall Islands
$3.8k
53.1k
Tuvalu
$3.7k
11.2k
Cape Verde
$3.6k
546k
Bolivia
$3.5k
11.1M
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
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