Afghanistan vs Burundi: Military spending, per unit of GDP

Afghanistan
0.0401 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2021
Burundi
0.04 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
20th
Burundi rank
21st

Military spending, per unit of GDP over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Burundi
0.020.040.060.080.10.12196219922023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.0401 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.04 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP in Burundi, a difference of 0.0001 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 20th and Burundi ranks 21st of 170 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Burundi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Burundi Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0491 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0717 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0226 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP Burundi
2010s 0.0727 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0295 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0432 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP Afghanistan
2020s 0.0413 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0281 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0131 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military spending, per unit of gdp, Afghanistan or Burundi?
Afghanistan, at 0.0401 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.04 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP in Burundi as of 2021.
What is the difference in military spending, per unit of gdp between Afghanistan and Burundi?
0.0001 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burundi?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Burundi rank globally for military spending, per unit of gdp?
Afghanistan ranks 20th and Burundi ranks 21st of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Military spending, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Burundi: Military spending, per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-per-unit-of-gdp-2/afghanistan/burundi/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-per-unit-of-gdp-2/afghanistan/burundi/">Afghanistan vs Burundi: Military spending, per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military spending, per unit of GDP
Unit
constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
170 places, 9,064 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Military spending divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.