Afghanistan vs Lower middle income: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Afghanistan
0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2021
Lower middle income
0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
12th
Lower middle income rank
15th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.0042 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 10.3 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 15th of 169 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Lower middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0099 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Afghanistan
2010s 0.0179 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0163 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Afghanistan
2020s 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp, Afghanistan or Lower middle income?
Afghanistan, at 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2021.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Afghanistan and Lower middle income?
0.0042 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Lower middle income?
18 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Lower middle income rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Afghanistan ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 15th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
213 places, 8,924 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.