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Afghanistan

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Kabul

Rank #84 of 173

29.7Strength score

Photos

Last American Soldier leaves Afghanistan
Last American Soldier leaves AfghanistanMaster Sgt. Alexander Burnett, U.S. Central Command Public Affairs · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
US Navy 020303-N-1587C-056 Loading bombs on aircraft aboard ship
US Navy 020303-N-1587C-056 Loading bombs on aircraft aboard shipU.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Alta I. Cutler. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter firing flares over Afghanistan MOD 45158742
Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter firing flares over Afghanistan MOD 45158742Cpl Lee Goddard · OGL 2 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance71
  • Air power—
  • Manpower81
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$278M #123
Budget as % of GDP
1.83% #85
Spending per person
$6 #158
GDP
$17.8B #137
Population
43,844,111 #36

Manpower

Active personnel
165,000 (World Bank figure) #34
Reserve personnel
—
Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
165,000 #45

Land forces

Tanks
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Armoured vehicles
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Self-propelled artillery
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Towed artillery
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Rocket launchers (MLRS)
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Air power

Total aircraft
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Fighter jets
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Attack aircraft & bombers
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Transport aircraft
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Helicopters
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Attack helicopters
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Naval power

Total naval vessels
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Aircraft carriers
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Helicopter carriers
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Submarines
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Destroyers
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Frigates
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Corvettes
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Patrol vessels
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Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
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Weapons Afghanistan uses (26)

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T-34T-34Other tanks Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Fighter aircraft Mil Mi-24Mil Mi-24Attack helicopters Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Fighter aircraft T-62T-62Main battle tanks Sukhoi Su-17Sukhoi Su-17Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-7Sukhoi Su-7Fighter aircraft PT-76PT-76Light tanks Ilyushin Il-28Ilyushin Il-28Bombers

Others in the region

  1. 5Pakistan79.4 VS
  2. 9Israel75.3 VS
  3. 13Egypt, Arab Rep.72.9 VS
  4. 14Iran, Islamic Rep.71.8 VS
  5. 15Saudi Arabia70.9 VS
  6. 16Algeria69.6 VS
  7. 29United Arab Emirates64.4 VS
  8. 30Iraq64.1 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2021)