Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit was 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020. ▲ Rising
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan, 2008–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
In 2020, spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan stood at 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 72.2% on the previous year and down 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan peaked at 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2020.
Afghanistan ranks 188th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.0038 current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2009 | 0.0056 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0067 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +18.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +114.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0055 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -61.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0068 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +24.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0068 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0079 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0049 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -37.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +41.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0125 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +80.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0089 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -28.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -72.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0038 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0056 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.0081 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0049 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 185 Papua New Guinea 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 186 Liberia 0.0032 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 187 Myanmar 0.0029 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 189 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0024 current US$ per US$ of GDP
- 190 Sierra Leone 0.0022 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 191 Yemen 0.0018 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More reference data data for Afghanistan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8991 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4362 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.847 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 26.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.38 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan?
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Afghanistan was 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2011.
- What is the lowest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020.
- How does Afghanistan rank for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit?
- Afghanistan ranks 188th out of 194 countries with data for 2020.
- Is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad ÷ GDP (current US$)
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- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.