In 2021, the ratio of military expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) in Afghanistan increased by 0.5 percentage points (+36.76 percent) since 2020. With 1.83 percent, the ratio thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. These figures refer to the total amount of money spent on a country's military, as a share of its gross domestic product (GDP). These figures apply to current expenditure on a country's armed forces, including peacekeeping forces and defense ministries, among others.
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