Since 9/11, the United States has amassed an estimated 2.313 trillion U.S. dollars of war spending in Afghanistan, with the interest on additional borrowing alone costing over 530 billion U.S. dollars. These figures include budgetary spending between FY 2001 and FY 2022.
Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2022, by category
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Budgetary costs in billion U.S. dollars
Defense Department Overseas Contingency Operations (war) budget
1,055
Estimated interest on Department of Defense and state borrowing*
532
Additions to the Pentagon base budget
433
Veterans care
233
State Department Overseas Contingency Operations (war) budget
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Brown University. (July 30, 2023). Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2022, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. "Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2022, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. (2023). Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2022, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. "Total Budgetary Cost to The United States of War Spending in Afghanistan between Fy 2001 and Fy 2022, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University, Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2022, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2022, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Brown University, July 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
