Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Afghanistan

Government consumption in US dollars in Afghanistan in 2024 — 4,200,385,320 US$. Ranked 105 in the world out of 168. Since 2020, the indicator has fallen by 4.8%.

2024 4.2B US$ +15.43% vs 2023
World rank 105of 168
Period maximum 4.41B US$2020
Period minimum 3.03B US$2021

Trend over time

2020–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Afghanistan, 2020–20243B3.5B4B4.5B202020212022202320242020: 4,412,100,129 US$2021: 3,032,015,044 US$2022: 3,166,994,239 US$2023: 3,638,763,332 US$2024: 4,200,385,320 US$
Change over the period: −212M (−4.8%) Average annual rate: -1.22 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 4.2B US$
World 18.65T US$
South Asia 440B US$
Southern Asia computed 540B US$
Low-income countries computed 67.17B US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4.2B +562M +15.43%
2023 3.64B +472M +14.9%
2022 3.17B +135M +4.45%
2021 3.03B −1.38B −31.28%
2020 4.41B

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.