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Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe: Military spending

Afghanistan
571.73 million constant 2022 US$
in 2021
Zimbabwe
578.61 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
106th
Zimbabwe rank
105th

Military spending over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 578.61 million constant 2022 US$ against 571.73 million constant 2022 US$ in Afghanistan, a difference of 6.88 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 106th and Zimbabwe ranks 105th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
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This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.