Afghanistan vs Sierra Leone: Economic Indicators Comparison

Afghanistan with a GDP of $19.4B ranked the 116th largest economy in the world, while Sierra Leone ranked 161st with $4.1B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone ranked 125th vs 170th and 191st vs 189th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanSierra Leone
GDP$19.4B$4.1B
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%3.7%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%-0.4%
Population34.9M7.6M
GDP per capita$521$534
GDP per capita growth-1.35%1.26%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.272643.88
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.33
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$1.6k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$3.7B
GNI per capita$550$490
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$11.4B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$1.5k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanSierra Leone
Income Tax Rate20%15%
Corporate Tax Rate20%30%
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%16.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%13.4%
Unemployment1.5%4.3%
Economic Freedom Index54.748
Personal Freedom Index46.55
Human Freedom Index46.24
Property Rights Index48.340.7
Judical Effectiveness Index3039.4
Business Freedom Index54.750.1
Fiscal Health Index99.99.8
Labor Freedom Index61.629.7
Investment Freedom Index1060
Financial Freedom Index1020
Trade Freedom Index6669.4
Monetary Freedom Index8164.2
Government Spending Index79.283.5
Tax Burden Index91.487.5
Government Integrity Index24.821.8
Corruption Perceptions Index1630
Life expectancy at birth, years64.153.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.79.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.127.3
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.11.7
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A57k

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanSierra Leone
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%71.3%
External debt stocks, % of GNI13.4%45.1%
External debt stocks$2.6B$1.7B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves4.4%37.5%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income4.9%7.2%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI2.7%-33.5%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%-7.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%13.6%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$502.6M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$217.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanSierra Leone
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%17.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%39.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B-$646.1M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3B$375.1M
Personal remittances received$803.5M$62.1M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%5.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%58.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4M$892k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13k$5.8M
Expense, % of GDP36.7%N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%23.4%

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
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

Sierra Leone 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
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