Afghanistan vs the United States: Economic Indicators Comparison

The United States with a GDP of $20.5T ranked the 1st largest economy in the world, while Afghanistan ranked 116th with $19.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the United States and Afghanistan ranked 113th vs 125th and 11th vs 191st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanUnited States
GDP$19.4B$20.5T
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%2.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%2.4%
Population34.9M325.1M
GDP per capita$521$63k
GDP per capita growth-1.35%2.29%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.271
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.271
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$63k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$20.6T
GNI per capita$550$63k
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$20.8T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$64k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanUnited States
Income Tax Rate20%37%
Corporate Tax Rate20%21%
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%2.4%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%2.4%
Unemployment1.5%3.9%
Economic Freedom Index54.776.6
Personal Freedom Index48.55
Human Freedom Index48.39
Property Rights Index48.381.8
Judical Effectiveness Index3083.7
Business Freedom Index54.783.3
Fiscal Health Index99.954.3
Labor Freedom Index61.687.9
Investment Freedom Index1085
Financial Freedom Index1080
Trade Freedom Index6679.8
Monetary Freedom Index8175.5
Government Spending Index79.256.5
Tax Burden Index91.474.6
Government Integrity Index24.877.2
Corruption Perceptions Index1671
Life expectancy at birth, years64.178.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.715.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.112.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.15.3
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A79.7M

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanUnited States
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%105.8%
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%6.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%18.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%21%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$449.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$258.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanUnited States
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%12.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%15.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B-$491B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%17.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3BN/A
Personal remittances received$803.5M$6.7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%18.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%0.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4M$56.1B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13k$128.7B
Expense, % of GDP36.7%22.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%38.1%

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

United States vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Liechtenstein
$165k
37.9k
Luxembourg
$117k
626k
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
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
Germany
$48k
83.1M
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