Afghanistan vs Somalia: Equal Resource Distribution Index

Afghanistan
0.072
in 2025
Somalia
0.092
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
173rd
Somalia rank
170th

Equal Resource Distribution Index over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Somalia
00.10.20.30.4190019622025

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.092 against 0.072 in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.02.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.3 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 173rd and Somalia ranks 170th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Equal Resource Distribution Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which all social groups benefit from public spending and have equal access to education, healthcare, and the welfare state.